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World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet
Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function
How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket
Does social media influence the way we eat? One study says yes
Urgent action on diet needed to stem rising tide of chronic disease in less developed nations
Processed foods highly correlated with obesity epidemic in the US
3 January 2020 - Science Daily - Study finds dopamine, biological clock link to snacking, overeating and obesity
Nearly All U.S. Kids Eating Added Sugars & Artificial Sweeteners Before Age 2
The double burden of nutrition: When malnutrition and obesity overlap
How junk food shapes the developing teenage brain
Why it can be hard to stop eating even when you’re full: Some foods may be designed that way
Sugar binges increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Depression linked to nutrition in middle-aged and older Canadians
Dodgy diet affects daytime drowsiness
Study offers data-driven definition of unhealthy yet pervasive 'hyper-palatable' foods
Rise of Obesity in America: Should We Be Alarmed?
Trans fats linked to higher dementia risk
Blood biomarker for dietary trans fats predicts dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Evidence of behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction
Obesity: Ban snacking on public transport, top doctor says
Randomized controlled trial suggests healthier diet may directly reduce depression
Craving junk food after a sleepless night? Blame your nose, which sniffs out high fat, calorie-dense food
To fight effects of sleep deprivation, reach for healthy snacks
High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria: increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndrome
23 September 2019 - MedicalXpress - Industry has unduly influenced TV advertising regs on restricting unhealthy kids' foods
Today's obesity epidemic may have been caused by childhood sugar intake decades ago
Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory, study finds
Junk food diet may predict future depression symptoms in teens
12 September 2019 - MedicalXpress - Humans more unique than expected when it comes to digesting fatty meals
The rise of ARFID: the truth about the eating disorder that made a teenager go blind
5 September 2019 - The Guardian - Tax on snacks would have 'huge impact' on obesity, say experts
Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Poor diet causes blindness in a young 'fussy eater'
Bristol teenager loses sight and hearing due to processed food diet
23 August 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study shows frying oil consumption worsened colon cancer and colitis in mice
7 Myths About Dietary Fats You Should Stop Believing Right Now
1 August 2019 - The Conversation - Are there certain foods you can eat to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease?
29 July 2019 - The Conversation - Why are school lunches still so unhealthy?
26 July 2019 - Science Daily - America's packaged food supply is ultra-processed
18 July 2019 - Nutraingredients - Study boosts microbiome fitness and diet quality link
Almost a third of Scots are now obese – and at risk of more cancers than smokers
Processed foods may hold key to rise in autism
Food neophobia may increase the risk of lifestyle diseases
13 June 2019 - MedicalXpress - An extra burger meal a day eats the brain away
5 June 2019 - MedicalXpress - Study: Bad diets making for bad memories
Millions of Europeans at risk of chronic digestive diseases, new report reveals
Ultra-processed food causes weight gain – firm evidence at last
BBC - Ultra-processed foods 'make you eat more'
Can this food additive turn our gut bacteria against us?