Many of us have grown up hearing the mantra that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet children's cereals fall short of that standard. That is the takeaway of new research analyzing child-targeted cereals in ...
Jul 20, 2026
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New research presented at the International Congress on Obesity (ICO2026), hosted by the World Obesity Federation (WOF) in Mexico City, Mexico, (15–17 July) asks what is driving the obesity pandemic.
Jul 16, 2026
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When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn't always add up.
Jul 7, 2026
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More than half the calories consumed by young kids in the U.S. come from ultra-processed foods.
Jul 2, 2026
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A first-of-its-kind study of supermarket products has found that in total, the plant-based items sampled contained twice as many food additives as the animal-based equivalents. Overall, the plant-based products contained ...
Jun 24, 2026
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If your social media feed has suddenly filled with content about ultra-processed foods (UPFs), you're far from alone. Since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tasked federal agencies last year with developing ...
Jun 23, 2026
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People who carry genetic variations linked to obesity are more likely to be heavier now than individuals with the same variants who were born before the recent obesity epidemic. Liam Wright of University College London and ...
Jun 18, 2026
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Your toddler demands a Bluey-themed yogurt and has a tantrum when offered something else. If it's not a Nutella sandwich, your child's lunchbox comes home uneaten. And the dinner table can become a battleground unless there ...
Jun 14, 2026
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A new study from the University of Kansas details how U.S. tobacco corporations expanded into global food markets from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, using strategies honed through cigarette sales to market ultra-processed ...
Jun 8, 2026
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A group of eating behavior and metabolism experts from across Europe have published a Perspective article in the journal Science examining the limitations of current evidence on ultraprocessed foods (UPFs).
Jun 5, 2026
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