Getting into the habit of eating a certain snack while watching TV or some other activity could lead to mindless eating even when a person is full and even if the junk food tastes bad, a new study ...

We all love junk food. Be it munching on our favourite burger or sitting in a cafe with a cup of hot chocolate or sharing a pizza with our friends, junk food makes up for the greatest of memories.

Just five minutes of exposure to junk food advertising can lead children to consume an additional 130 calories daily, equivalent to a small chocolate bar, according to new research. The study, ...

Ultra-processed foods like chips, soda and packaged snacks dominate the Standard American Diet (i.e. the SAD). Cutting them out may be the simplest path to better health. When people decide it’s time ...

Counting how much ultra-processed food someone eats has always relied on diet questionnaires and personal honesty. But researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world's largest ...

As tempting as it is, junk food is one of the biggest enemies of heart health. And as a cardiologist, there's one type of junk food in particular that you'll never see me eating: chips. From nacho ...

Before I had kids, I worked in The Children’s Eating Lab at Penn State University. As a young, idealistic, somewhat naïve graduate student, I developed all sorts of ideas about how I would feed my ...

Dietitians share tips as experts warn about kids' weight gain post-pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has upended much of the lives of children, and their diets too, research is showing. One recent ...