As the Trump administration looks to create a federal definition of ultra-processed foods, the question of the best way to differentiate products within a category that can lump packaged whole-wheat bread together with soda and cheese puffs has been the subject of much debate.

A first-of-its-kind lawsuit from the city of San Francisco seeks to end advertising that misleads consumers about the health impacts of highly processed foods. The city attorney spoke with Governing about the suit.

In the first lawsuit of its kind, the city of San Francisco is suing 11 of the nation’s top food companies, saying they sell ultra-processed food knowing they are harmful to health. By some estimates,

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study suggests that ultra-processed foods are linked with higher bodily inflammation. Specifically, participants consuming the highest ultra-processed ...

While suits targeting food and beverage companies isn’t anything new, legal experts have opined that they have seen an increase in litigation in recent years as conversations around ingredients and additives increase at the federal level and within food and beverage companies themselves.

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ultra-processed foods, which make up the majority of ...

One day recently, my son had two long, back-to-back doctor appointments, which meant he was in the car and in waiting rooms for much of the afternoon. His lunch and snack would not have earned me a healthy-mom award: peanut-butter puffs, a grape-jelly ...

Eating ultra-processed foods could lead to an increased risk of being diagnosed with precancerous colorectal growths for women under 50, according to new research. A study, published Thursday in JAMA Oncology, looked at health outcomes for 29,105 nurses ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a pariah in the mainstream media for his audacity to challenge a cult-like reverence for mRNA and other vaccines. Yet the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is much broader than ...