First, using an addictive substance causes the release of a chemical messenger called dopamine in the reward network, which ...

The City of San Francisco recently filed a lawsuit against the country largest manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultraprocessed foods like donuts and pizza are particularly rewarding to a person's brain. For foods to be potentially addictive, ...

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

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

Health and Human Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. blamed the major tobacco companies for manufacturing bad, ultra-processed ...

While taking part in a fast at the very beginning of the year, one which required me to forgo meats, processed foods and any drinks other than water (and maybe 100 percent fruit juice), I found myself ...

ST. LOUIS - Robin Oliver, 48, of Imperial, Mo., has lost and regained 40 pounds several times over the last 12 years. She loses the weight by following Weight Watchers. But when she goes off the point ...

Up to 20% of people may have a food addiction or exhibit addictive-like eating behavior. Researchers studied addictive-like eating in 518 people, who got a list of 35 foods and rated how likely they ...

There’s regular stuffing, the kind that politely sits on the plate, does its job, and stays quiet. And then there’s chaos stuffing, the kind that makes people stop mid-bite, look around suspiciously, ...

Sunaina Roshan opens up about her struggle with alcohol and food addiction, revealing how accepting the problem became a life-changing step towards healing and recovery. TheHealthSite.com ...