Registered dietitian nutritionist Carrie Dennett shares an example of how nutritional research studies are often inaccurately ...

What does a complete 2-day junk food diet consist of?

Just four days of eating junk food can disrupt memory. A high-fat, ultraprocessed diet overstimulates certain brain cells and affects how memories are processed. The hippocampus is especially ...

A short burst of fatty foods may disrupt a surprisingly vulnerable set of brain cells in the hippocampus, researchers warn.

Scientists discovered that high-fat junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost immediately. Within just four days, neurons in the hippocampus became overactive, impairing memory. Restoring ...

Starting Jan. 1, government food assistance benefits can no longer be used to purchase soda, candy and other foods deemed to ...

Junk food adverts are being banned on council property in a bid to make the city healthier. The policy, green-lit by Cardiff council on Friday, is focused on sustainability and promoting healthy food ...

People born between 1960 and 1975 and living in high-income countries are increasingly likely to show signs of being hooked on highly processed food that they were the first generation to be exposed ...

Study finds 1 in 8 older adults meet criteria for food addiction, rates higher than alcohol or tobacco. Women 50–64 are most affected.” ...

“Fancy a McMuffin in the morning? McNuggets for lunch? Or a big night in with a Big Mac? Get them delivered right here.” Ads like this, served on social media just when you are getting hungry, have ...

Missouri has become the latest state to request a waiver that would ban junk food items from being purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Republican Governor Mike ...

Contra Costa County has become the first county in the U.S. to ban junk food in supermarket checkout lanes. On Tuesday night, the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that would remove unhealthy ...