Many people have had the experience of opening a bag of chips or a box of cookies and planning to eat just a small amount, only to realize later that most of it is gone. Others may reach for one ...

Neuroscience research confirms that ultra-processed foods — especially engineered novelty products like Coca-Cola-flavored ...

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

Ultra-processed foods engineered with precise ratios of sugar, salt, and fat activate the same dopamine pathways as nicotine ...

Experts dug into decades of research to show how ultra-processed foods are designed for maximum reward, rapid absorption, and ...

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

A national survey found that many adults ages 50–80 meet clinical criteria for addiction-like responses to ultra-processed foods.  Middle-aged wome ...

The lawyer behind lawsuit says some of the world's biggest food manufacturers are "leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess".

The psychology expert explains to AS that in the modern era new addictions have emerged, such as addiction to the internet, shopping, and food.

Ultra-processed foods share more characteristics with cigarettes than with fruits and vegetables: according to researchers, ...

Eating ultra-processed foods (UPFs) could lead to an addiction disorder, a new study suggests, prompting calls for some products to be labelled as addictive. UPFs are now simply part of the flavour of ...