In a paper published in The Milbank Quarterly, researchers from Harvard, Duke University, and the University of Michigan ...

UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers ...

Researchers say Big Food borrowed the tobacco playbook—now regulators are being urged to respond.

Ultra-processed foods may activate brain reward pathways like cigarettes, fueling cravings and overconsumption and raising demands for public health controls.

A new report suggests highly processed foods may be just as addictive as cigarettes and should be regulated to limit overconsumption.

Ultra-processed foods (UPF) share more characteristics with cigarettes than with minimally processed fruits or vegetables.

The study mentions that the food industry uses specific combinations of fat, sugar, salt, and flavour additives that create a ...

So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, ...

A new study argues that ultra-processed foods share key traits with cigarettes, raising questions about food industry ...

A new study argues that ultra-processed foods are engineered more like cigarettes than like real food, and should face ...

A recent study suggests that ultra-processed foods (UPFs), due to their addictive nature and health risks, should be regulated similarly to cigarettes.