Back when Kerri Boutelle's children were younger, she remembers watching how kids would eat ice cream cones. She noticed a big difference between some siblings. "One child would eat half of the ice ...

Ultra-processed foods are increasingly replacing fruits, vegetables, and proteins in children’s diets across more than 190 countries, fueling a surge in obesity. A new UNICEF report finds that more ...

Ultra-processed foods account for 62% of children's and 53% of adults' daily caloric intake in the U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to reduce ultra-processed food consumption, linking it ...

Around one in three (31 per cent) ready-made products aimed at babies or toddlers were classified as ultra-processed (UPFs), according to University of Leeds researchers. UPFs are mass-produced foods ...

California is the first state in the country to ban ultra-processed foods from school meals, aiming to transform how children eat on campus by 2035. In the cafeteria of Belvedere Middle School in the ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1264 into law on Wednesday. The bill lays out plans for determining the most "harmful" ultra-processed foods, and removing them from school lunches by 2035.

UPFs are not modified whole foods; instead, these products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods, with little or no intact food content. Typical ingredients of ...

Cheap, ultra-processed foods are fueling obesity and climate change at the same time, according to a new review of global food systems.

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. California is the first state in the country to ban ...