More like discomfort food. A collection of four papers — published Tuesday in the journal Brain Medicine — reports a disturbing link between microplastics, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and ...

There is little reliable guidance available for people who don’t have the time, patience or skill to analyze the dense nutrition labels on food packaging ... a ban on junk food and beverages ...

“That led companies to fortify junk food and call them healthy,” Mozaffarian ... on a healthy symbol that companies can add to packaging. Nutrition labels currently in use have not been ...

A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics.

‘It’s a bit eye-opening’ UPFs are more susceptible to microplastics than other foods due to their packaging and additives and the equipment used to process them. As an example, the ...