A team of researchers analyzed the daily food logs and weigh-ins from 112 obese or overweight adults enrolled in a behavioral ...

Because a junk food binge doesn’t just hit your waistline — it leaves a metabolic scar, and in the last place you’d ever want ...

Half of the cheap-and-tasty paradigm that makes junk food so appealing is collapsing: Many of those guilty-pleasure treats aren’t so cheap anymore. More than any impact weight-loss drugs like Ozempic ...

Eating junk food in childhood may leave lasting changes in the brain, affecting hunger signals and eating behavior long after diet improves.

For decades, unhealthy eating has been framed as a slow problem. Weight gain accumulates gradually. Blood sugar rises quietly. Disease appears after years of excess. The implication is that occasional ...

Urban children are vulnerable to deficiencies like anemia and fatigue because of nutritional gaps caused by reliance on processed foods.