How do young adults identify what what ultra-processed foods are in America, or across the world? Research looks at how we see healthy ...

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...

The Food and Drug Administration has released a long-awaited final rule updating its definition of “healthy” foods, emphasizing fresh produce, whole grains and pulses with limits on added sugar and ...

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to crack down on ultra-processed foods, a key policy priority of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. The biggest ...

While we await a federal definition of UPFs and possibly labeling, a handful of food processors already have found ways to avoid that red flag.

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In an effort to improve American diets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday released a new definition of what it means for a food to qualify as “healthy.” Products like fruit-flavored ...

Trying to devise a one-size-fits-all description for ultraprocessed foods is flummoxing federal regulators. For months, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has promised to create a definition ...

What does the word "healthy" mean to you? Do you consider yourself a healthy eater? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the definition as a claim on food labeling. Will it amount to a ...