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

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

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

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 ...

Sodas and chips are displayed at a convenience store in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York. At least 12 states, mostly Republican and in the South, have opted to limit SNAP recipients from ...

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.” ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

A weekend of burgers, fries and hot dogs will probably have you thinking more about your waistline than your brain, but a new study has found that just a few days on a high-fat Western diet is enough ...