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More accurate and individualized health predictions will allow for preventative factors to be implemented well in advance.

New research lays out just how widespread UPFs have become — and what that shift means for long-term health. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience ...

A trio of newly published papers in The Lancet highlights growing global evidence connecting ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with poorer diet quality and multiple adverse health outcomes. The researchers ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a leading cause of the "chronic disease pandemic" linked to diet, with food firms putting profit above all else, global experts have warned. Writing in The Lancet ...

Over the years, processed meat has developed a rough reputation, which is why no one eats this once-popular deli meat anymore -- olive loaf. It's become a sort of umbrella term, and anything under it ...

Industry responses to UPF criticism often put forward reformulation, rather than tackling the underlying ultra-processing, as the answer. As historically, many of the health risks associated with UPFs ...

Studies show ultra-processed diets are linked to chronic health conditions. The global rise of ultra-processed foods in diets worldwide poses a major public health threat, according to experts who ...

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 ...

Eating more ultra-processed foods is tied to an increased risk of precancerous colorectal growths in women under 50, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology. These growths, called ...