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

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

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

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, a study has argued, after it found that they were more similar ...

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

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, sweet fruit, dopamine floods your brain, pleasure as a form of instruction ...

Researchers are calling for more comprehensive policies to reduce the currently-high rate that Canadians consume ...

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

A study by three US universities argues that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) should face stricter regulation, comparing them to ...

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 ...

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