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AI reveals how glucose helps the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Increasing your risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) through processed food
Want some holiday reading? Try the National Food Strategy plan. - Michelle's blog
The National Food Strategy
Is it time for a new junk food tax?
Plant-based burgers: should some be considered ‘junk food’?
Lab analysis finds near-meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent
Study associates diet in childhood with cognitive development
Study shows potential dangers of sweeteners
Western high-fat diet can cause chronic pain, research shows
Switching from Western diet to a balanced diet may reduce skin, joint inflammation
Obesity in teens raises adult diabetes risk, even after weight loss
Urgent action needed to reduce harms of ultra-processed foods to British children
Vegan diets in children may bring heart benefits but pose growth risks
Western diet may increase risk of gut inflammation, infection
What happened when I ate ultra-processed food for a month
Mouse studies find sugar-free energy drinks just as harmful
Food dyes may cause disease when the immune system is dysregulated, researchers report
Titanium dioxide: E171 no longer considered safe when used as a food additive
Additive used in sweets and cakes not safe: EU watchdog
Nutrition Is the Foundation of Resilience
Study links child behaviour problems to prenatal tobacco smoke and traffic density - and diet
Study investigates link between prediabetes and youth beverage intake
Clear evidence for a link between pro-inflammatory diets and 27 chronic diseases. Here’s how you can eat better
Call for urgent action on energy drinks as new UK research reveals daily use among young people
Researchers find negative impact of junk food on kids' skeletal development
Titanium Teeth
Ultra-processed foods are breaking your heart
The gut mycobiome influences the metabolism of processed foods
Unhealthy Foods Aren’t Just Bad For You, They May Also Be Addictive
Experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder linked to nutritional health
Childhood diet has lifelong impact
Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet
Junk food linked to sleep problems in teens
The health risk raised by ultra-processed foods
Teens' ultra-processed diet puts their hearts at risk
Changes to the brain's reward system may drive overeating in mice
Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA
Removing this hidden nasty from our food could save thousands of lives
Kid influencers are promoting junk food brands on YouTube—garnering more than a billion views
Scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes
Poor diet is top contributor to heart disease deaths globally
Sugary beverages consumed while breastfeeding affect cognitive development in children
Good nutrition can contribute to keeping COVID-19 and other diseases away
Junk food linked to age-marker in chromosomes: study
TV-watching snackers beware: You won't notice you're full if your attention is elsewhere
What food cravings tell us about the quality of our diets
16 April 2020 - European Scientist - Covid 19 and the elephant in the room
"Not all plant-based patterns of eating are healthy,” warns CVD study author
Junk food orders up trouble for young brains