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Ultra-processed food defined: not all that complicated
How unhealthy ultra‑processed foods are designed and marketed to make us crave them
Yellow food coloring changes gut microbiome in early life
A 20% tax on junk food could save more lives than a sugar tax
Price vs Quality: The Hidden Costs of Low-Priced Food
We are what we eat - furthering our understanding of nutrition to optimize mental health
Over 100 food businesses, NGOs and academics call for ‘Good Food Bill’ as failing food system threatens national security and public health
Early healthy eating shapes lifelong brain health, new research shows
Ultraprocessed foods show addictionlike patterns comparable to tobacco, researchers say
Study suggests toddlers' ultraprocessed diets at age two linked to lower IQ
Treating Depression With Food
The high price of cheap food
Beef vs. plant-based meat: Study finds diet alters breast milk composition in under a week
Ultra-processed food consumption driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here's how to fix it
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it
Low-glutamate diet linked to brain changes and migraine relief in veterans with Gulf War Illness
Book Review: Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms
California legislature passes bill banning ultra-processed foods from schools—and defining them
Ultra-processed foods linked to heightened disease activity in early multiple sclerosis
Consumption of food additives during pregnancy can alter offspring gut microbiota and increase inflammatory disease risk
Mom's pregnancy diet may disrupt children's gut health
’Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
Not so sweet: Some sugar substitutes linked to faster cognitive decline
Could diet be fueling pregnancy hypertension? Saliva holds the clues
Studies show food additives could be harmful to the gut
A Defining Moment: Ultra-Processed Foods No Longer "Safe" for Americans?
Do food additives cause symptoms of ADHD? It’s more complicated than you think
FDA Petition Could Redefine the Future of America’s Food System
Less processed diet may be more beneficial for weight loss, clinical trial indicates
What animal studies reveal about binge-eating behavior
Fast food, screens, and no greens: A recipe for teen health trouble
Ultra-processed foods trigger addictive behaviours meeting clinical criteria, researchers say
Now is the time to recognize and respond to addiction to ultra-processed foods
Dietary Trial Shows Benefits of a Low Emulsifier Diet for Crohn’s Disease
PRESS RELEASE: Early Years Nutrition in Crisis: Cross Party Group Report Warns UK Children Face ‘Shorter, Unhealthier Lives’
Global Review Finds Mediterranean Diet May Play Key Role In Managing ADHD
Can sweets be addictive? First validated tool aims to measure the behavior
Sugary drinks, processed foods, alcohol and tobacco are big killers: Why the G20 should add its weight to health taxes
Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultra-processed food we are eating
How food dye can affect children
High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function
Choline: The underappreciated nutrient that's vital for our brains
Ultra-processed babies: are toddler snacks one of the great food scandals of our time?
Chronic sucrose consumption in mice reveals organ-specific metabolic disruptions
Diet-related brain inflammation: Three days of high-fat eating impair memory in aged rats
Artificial sweetener triggers insulin spike, leading to blood vessel inflammation in mice
3 Foods That Age Your Body and Brain
Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial colour’s health risks and long history
High-fat diet during adolescence increases impulsive behaviours in adult rodents
How Blood Sugar Impacts Your Brain Health
The first lawsuit against ultra-processed foods
Processed plant-based meat alternatives linked to depression risk in vegetarians
Inflammatory dietary habits linked to 84% higher risk of dementia
How Inflammation Affects Your Mental Health
Ultra-processed foods and calories: more evidence!
How sweet is it really? Non-nutritive sweeteners and the control of blood sugar levels
Conflicts of interest: moving towards zero tolerance
Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds
Junk Food Diet Causes 12-Year-Old Boy to Go Permanently Blind
High consumption of ultra-processed foods linked to accelerated biological aging
Study finds techniques to protect neurons from harmful impact of some dietary fats on multiple sclerosis progression
Enzymes linked to high-fat diet's impact on multiple sclerosis offer potential way to protect neurons
Britain’s postwar sugar craze confirms harms of sweet diets in early life
Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later
Ultra-processed foods: Why public health warnings could backfire
California bans six artificial dyes in foods served at public schools
Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
Food for thought: How diet affects the brain over a lifetime
The Food Programme - The Brain Gut Connection
UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, BMJ analysis reveals
Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist
Study suggests prenatal diet may play a role in autism
'Diet' soft drinks to get you through the day? Here’s what that may mean for your health
Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents, finds study
From banning junk food ads to a sugar tax: with diabetes on the rise, we can’t afford to ignore the evidence any longer
Taxing Sugary Drinks helps low-income residents buy fruits and vegetables - US project shows
Researchers find a poor quality diet may lead to brain changes associated with depression and anxiety
Study shows teens with later sleep schedules are less active, eat more carbohydrates
Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge
Could ultra-processed foods be associated with your insomnia?
No, sugar doesn’t make your kids hyperactive - (But it can harm their mental as well as physical health....)
'When you improve nutrition, you reduce violence': Psychologist Kimberley Wilson on working in Europe's largest women's prison
'Profound' link between dietary choices and brain health, new research shows
The consumption of certain food additive emulsifiers could be associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Sugar cravings could be caused by loneliness, study finds
Junk Food Diet in Teens Linked to Long-term Memory Issues
Study links long-term consumption of reused deep-fried oil with increased neurodegeneration
Too much of a food thing: A century of change in how we eat
Consistent evidence links ultra-processed food to over 30 damaging health outcomes - including mental ill-health and sleep problems
Could ultra-processed foods be the new 'silent' killer?
Nutritional epigenetics education reduces ultra-processed food intake in parents of children with autism and ADHD
Are preservatives killing good gut bacteria?
How obesity dismantles our mitochondria: Study reveals key mechanism behind obesity-related metabolic dysfunction
Evidence shows risks associated with energy drinks in children
Energy drinks linked to poor sleep quality and insomnia among college students
Diet in childhood linked to blood vessel damage in teenage years
Could artificial sweeteners alter your microbiome?
Why Your Brain Hates Junk Food
Got period pain or cramps? What to eat and avoid, according to science
Most expectant mothers miss out on vitamins important for their health and their baby’s, study finds
'Fatty foods' can impair the body's response to everyday stress, research suggests
Cutting sugar and processed meats helped people live longer, study found
Scientists discover potential brain link between stress and emotional eating
The Number-One Worst Food for Your Brain
Young children drinking daily caffeinated soda found more likely to try alcohol within a year
Insulin resistance turns tidy brain cells into slobs — which could be a link between diet and neurodegenerative diseases
Time to inform the public about the adverse effects of ultra-processed foods, researchers say
This Is Your Brain on Junk Food
International team of scientists says identifying some foods as addictive could shift attitudes, stimulate research
Consumption of Ultra Processed Food and Mental Wellbeing Outcomes
Breastfeeding is associated with lower levels of body fat at the age of nine
FAB WEBINAR - Feeding Better Mood, Behaviour, Learning and Sleep - Evidence and Best Practice
Saturated fat may interfere with creating memories in the aged brain - while omega-3 are protective
Ultra-processed food linked to higher risk of depression, research finds
A quarter of people are undoing the benefits of healthy meals by unhealthy snacking, research finds
Anxiety: A Metabolic Disorder?
Replacing saturated fat and salt with herbs/spices is both tasty and healthy
Eating emulsifiers during pregnancy and lactation linked to health risks in mouse offspring
9 signs you have inflammation in your body. Could an anti-inflammatory diet help?
Fructose intake is a driver of obesity, just like in hibernating animals, study finds
YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS! - The Food Programme - Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide
Professor warns of micronutrient deficiency risks in 'sustainable' diets
The truth about emulsifiers: are they destroying our gut health?
Health organisations call on retailers to commit to restrictions on multibuy promotions
Starches common in processed grains can curb helpful gut bacteria
SAY YES to School Food For All
Dietary Interventions for ADHD: Emerging Research and Considerations
Government announces further delay to introduction of junk food BOGOFs
Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
How Obesity Is Linked to Our Brain and Gut Activity
Ultra-processed foods: bread may be considered one, but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad
That salad isn’t just good for your nutrition–it may help stave off depression
Critical Brain Nutrients: Evidence that Current Dietary Advice Harms Mental Health – and Potential Solutions
Chemical found in common sweetener damages DNA
The Mediterranean diet: Good for your health and your wallet, says study
A student's poor eating habits can lead to a lifetime of illness, says researcher
New study finds diet, in particular pro-inflammatory diet increases relapse rate for multiple sclerosis patients
Eating too much ultra-processed food could induce depression
Study shows how human immune cells react to non-nutritive sweeteners
WHO warns against using artificial sweeteners
Western Diet Identified as Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Disease, Scientists Warn
WHO: Artificial sweeteners have no weight-loss benefit, may raise health risks
Higher rates of autism and ADHD in American children may reflect poor diet and toxic exposures
Is there an association between the consumption of ultra-processed food and adverse microbiota-gut-brain axis implications?
Switching meat and milk for plant-based copies misses vital nutrients
Feeling Stressed? It Might Be Your Liver Calling
FAB WEBINAR - How Food Affects Your Brain: The Role of Nutrition and Diet in the Mental Health Crisis
Improved health during pregnancy - for mothers and their babies - linked with taxing sugary drinks
Diet, not genes, is driving dementia says British Medical Journal
Why 'Dieting' backfires: Brain amplifies signal of hunger synapses, finds study
Sweets change our brain: Why we can't keep our hands off chocolate
Excess calories during development may alter the brain and spur adult overeating
Small changes in children's sleep lead to significant changes in eating habits, shows study
Link between diet, gut microbes and mental health confirmed in new research
Seaweed, sardines and sauerkraut: the best diet for your brain at every stage of life
More evidence that sugary drinks cause weight gain
New year health kick losing momentum? Scientists find key to curb the cravings
Quick and easy ready meals not the best for us—or the planet
Study suggests fructose could drive Alzheimer's disease
Hydration, and Low fat vs Low carb diets? Learning more about the endocrine system could lead to fewer cases of type 2 diabetes and obesity
Mother's health, diet during pregnancy may impact child's later neurodevelopment
Bad diets are not just for Christmas – they’re for life
Fatty liver disease endangers brain health
Does diabetes during pregnancy increase the risk of neurodevelopmental conditions in children?
Common food dye can trigger inflammatory bowel diseases, say researchers
Picky eater? Research shows it could be in your DNA
Delays to UK food advertising regulations condemned as unjustified, disastrous attack on health
3 Outstanding Food Swaps to Improve Brain Health
Gut microbes influence binge-eating of sweet treats in mice
Webinar - Smarter Food, Smarter Kids - Resolving the Attention Deficit Disaster
Kids and sodium: Serious risks, alarming realities
Highly processed foods can be considered addictive like tobacco products, study claims
Study confirms that processed foods key to rising obesity
Nutrition education should be 'on the menu' of all healthcare professionals' education—new research
Food for thought: Study finds link between depression and unhealthy diets
A high-sugar diet decreases ability to sense sweetness in rats
A mother's ultra-processed food intake may be linked to obesity risk in her children
Low-calorie sugar substitute consumption during adolescence appears to impair memory later in life
Nutritional Treatments: The Next Frontier in Psychiatry
Rebound weight gain in children with obesity linked to disconnect between brain and gut
Counting cravings for coffee and soft drinks
'Gateway' foods like candy may lead to unhealthy teen eating
Is Some Depression Actually Insulin Resistance?
8 Foods That Contribute to Anxiety and Depression
Could consuming processed foods contribute to poor mental health?
Fish oil may blunt inflammatory response to high fat/high sugar diet
Two surprising reasons behind the obesity epidemic: Too much salt, not enough water
Sweetness that comes at a price: Sugar substitutes may affect the human body in unanticipated ways
Ultra-processed foods make up almost two-thirds of Britain's school meals
Cutting Dietary Simple Sugars May Relieve GERD Symptoms
Lack of professional consensus hinders public health communications about processed foods
Food for thought: nutrition as a treatment for mental health conditions
FAB Research Webinar - Nutrition for ADHD and Neurodiverse Minds
ADHD: why it can make it harder to keep eating habits in check – and what you can do about it
Study finds Mediterranean diet improves depression symptoms in young men
The Relationship Between Unhealthy Eating and ADHD in Children
Risk of obesity is 45% higher among adolescents whose diet is based on ultra-processed food products
Remind me again, why is salt bad for you?
Stop hiding sugar reduction report and commit to more sugar industry reform
How to boost your mood through food
How sugar promotes inflammation
How small changes to prison food drastically cut inmate violence
Maternal consumption of soft drinks may be linked to ADHD symptoms in offspring
Artificial Sweeteners during pregnancy may affect baby's microbiome and increase obesity risk
Your gut senses the difference between real sugar and artificial sweetener
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence?
Plant-based doesn’t always mean healthy
A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugar
Doesn't an excessive intake of simple sugar affect higher brain function?
Junk food and the brain: How modern diets lacking in micronutrients may contribute to angry rhetoric
Ubiquitous food additive alters human microbiota and intestinal environment
Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy
Vegetarian diet quality influences mental health
Gut bacteria don't cause autism. Autistic kids' microbiome differences are due to picky eating
Diet, exercise can improve teens' mental health
Why nitrates and nitrites in processed meats are harmful – but those in vegetables aren’t
What is the short-term impact of sugary drinks in the classroom?
How the microbiome affects human health
How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain (and the protective effect of Omega-3 DHA)
Looking to lose weight? Diet drinks might not be the sweet spot: study
Adjusting fatty acid intake may help with mood variability in bipolar disorders
Is your child a fussy eater? Top tips to help get them back on track
Scientists claim that overeating is not the primary cause of obesity
Eating a high quality diet reduces risk of developing COVID-19
Healthy diets linked to better mental health and wellbeing
Sugar: why some people experience side-effects when they quit
Why eating more sugar can leave you with LESS energy
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
Sugar overload may be a recipe for long-term problems
Vegan diets in children may bring heart benefits but pose growth risks
CoQ10 for pregnant rats reverses diet-induced retinal damage in offspring
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
High fructose diets could cause immune system damage
Unhealthy Foods Aren’t Just Bad For You, They May Also Be Addictive
Childhood diet has lifelong impact
Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet
You know sugar is bad for your kids—here's what you can do
The health risk raised by ultra-processed foods
Different forms of sugar impact hunger-suppressing hormones in young adults
Teens' ultra-processed diet puts their hearts at risk
Scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes
ADHD is related to high-sugar, unhealthy diets
High fructose intake may drive aggressive behaviors, ADHD and bipolar disorder
Sugary beverages consumed while breastfeeding affect cognitive development in children
Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop
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
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
Should you be worried that food isn't as good for you as it used to be?
Food additives and sweeteners found to impact gut microbiome diversity
Sugar changes the chemistry of your brain
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
The UK must introduce folic acid fortification in foods, say scientists
The double burden of nutrition: When malnutrition and obesity overlap
Malnutrition and obesity now a global problem, say experts
Refined carbs may trigger insomnia, finds study
How junk food shapes the developing teenage brain
Study finds association between poor diet, age-related macular degeneration
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?
30 October 2019 - Helio - Parents of children with autism may benefit from diet interventions
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
Craving junk food after a sleepless night? Blame your nose, which sniffs out high fat, calorie-dense food
Randomized controlled trial suggests healthier diet may directly reduce depression
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
'Report card' on diet trends: Low-quality carbs account for 42 percent of a day's calories
Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory, study finds
Junk food diet may predict future depression symptoms in teens
The rise of ARFID: the truth about the eating disorder that made a teenager go blind
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
High fat 'fast food' diet during pregnancy slows learning in offspring, rat study suggests
7 Myths About Dietary Fats You Should Stop Believing Right Now
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
26 July 2019 - Science Daily - Exposure to common chemicals in plastics linked to childhood obesity
Unusual eating behaviors may be a new diagnostic indicator for autism
Almost a third of Scots are now obese – and at risk of more cancers than smokers
Zero-calorie sweeteners on trial again
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
BBC - Ultra-processed food linked to early death
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?
Common food additive E171 found to affect gut microbiota
European Commission urged to ban food additive E171: ‘Prevention is better than cure’
Children and teens who drink low-calorie sweetened beverages do not save calories
Children with ADHD may have higher risk for poor diet
Harmful compounds might be formed when foods containing the sweetener sucralose are heated
BBC - The diets cutting one in five lives short every year
Omega-3 fatty acids tied to fewer childhood asthma symptoms
Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children
The salt-craving neurons: How the appetite for salt is shaped by a taste for sodium
Good enough to eat? The toxic truth about modern food
Study links unhealthy diet to mental illness in California adults
Optimising Nutrition - Should you EAT Lancet?
BBC - The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all? (NOT)
Sugar's sick secrets: How industry forces have manipulated science to downplay the harm
3 January 2019 - MedicalXpress - Could phosphate additives in foods make you less active?
Could this widely used food additive cause celiac disease?
Junk food diet raises depression risk, researchers find
Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time
19 October 2018 - MedicalXpress - Adding refined fiber to processed food could have negative health effects
Study firms up diet and depression link
Quitting junk food produces similar withdrawal-type symptoms as drug addiction
BBC News - Government proposes energy drinks ban for children
28 August 2018 - MedicalXpress - Study finds sucralose produces previously unidentified metabolites
17 August 2018 - The Conversation - Exaggerated portions alongside real nutrition claims on cereal boxes may mislead consumers – new study
2 August 2018 - MedicalXpress - Misleading claims on sugar-rich cereals
Neuroscience News - How the Brain Controls Food Cravings
Food additives a toxic mix for kids
Beef jerky and other processed meats associated with manic episodes
Foods combining fats and carbohydrates more rewarding than foods with just fats or carbs
Adolescents who consume a Western-type 'high-fat' diet may develop poor stress coping skills, signs of PTSD
14 May 2018 - The Guardian - Industrial trans fats must be removed from food supply, WHO says
1 May 2018 - The Conversation - Want to eat better? You might be able to train yourself to change your tastes
Pregnancy diet and offspring "hyperactivity-inattention symptoms"?
What is Britain eating? The ultra-processed truth about 10 of our bestselling foods
The Royal Society of Medicine - Poor rural population had best diet and health in mid-Victorian years
How to eat well for a healthy brain in later life
Sleeping for longer leads to a healthier diet
Food Fights: Are Vegan Diets Healthier for the Brain?
17 November 2017 - Nutraingredients - Nutritional fact panel update? ‘Single design not uniformly effective,’ says study
17 October 2017 - The Conversation - This is why child obesity rates have soared
Sugar in the diet may increase risks of opioid addiction
26 May 2017 - MedicalXpress - Fat nation - the rise and fall of obesity on the political agenda
BBC - How food can improve your mental health
New WHO study on health and well-being of Europe’s youth reveals that obesity continues to rise
7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - The deadly impact of a poor diet: study
22 February 2017 - British Medical Journal - Time for the UK to commit to tackling child obesity
21 February 2017 - DailyMail - Why IS chocolate so impossible to resist? TV doctor reveals the reasons why certain foods can make you addicted
21 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - UK government plan to prevent child obesity is 'severely limited,' argue experts
20 February 2017 - Eurekalert - Only one-third of parents think they are doing a good job helping kids eat healthy
10 January 2017 - MedicalXpress - Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumps by 200 percent in US children
Is sugar the world's most popular drug?
Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table
Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast - study
20 December 2016 - The Conversation - Christmas stuffing: here's what happens to your body when you overeat
22 December 2016 - The Conversation - How reliable is the Eatwell Guide, the official chart of what foods you should be eating?
1 December 2016 - BBC - 'Diet is global food policy's elephant in the room'
Aspartame may prevent, not promote, weight loss by blocking intestinal enzyme's activity
10 October 2016 - Medicalxpress - Fast-food calorie labeling unlikely to encourage healthy eating
The Influence of Diet on ADHD
29 September 2016 - UK Government Policy Paper - Childhood obesity plan: PHE's role in implementation
Unhealthy diet during pregnancy could be linked to ADHD
16 June 2016 - Food Navigator - 'The resources to tackle obesity are there. It's just the will that's lacking': Expert
14 June 2016 - BBC News - Obesity boom 'fuelling rise in malnutrition'
New Study Finds 43% of Products Marketed to Kids are Artificially Dyed With Links to Behavioral Problems Causing Concern
Artificial sweeteners cut calories but may affect glucose control in obese: Study
How Nutrition in The Workplace Affects the Bottom Line
Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison
Trans Fat May Impair Memory
16 June 2015 - BBC News - US orders ban on 'unsafe' trans-fats
27 May 2015 - Eurekalert - 'Do' is better than 'don't' when it comes to eating better
21 May 2015 - ScienceDaily - Obese teens' brains unusually susceptible to food commercials, study finds
20 May 2015 - The Conversation - How eating different brands of the same food could be encouraging you to eat more
Can food improve your exam performance?
11 May 2015 - BBC Radio 4 - Gut microbes important for dietary health
Stressed Out Kids More Likely To Overeat; How Parents Train Their Kids In Emotional Eating
30 April 2015 - ScienceDaily - Substantial benefits for health, environment through realistic changes to UK diets
28 April 2015 - BBC News - 'Two phases' of childhood obesity suggested
Sweetened fruit drinks could be linked to childhood asthma
08 April 2015 - MNT - Critical windows to turn away junk food craving
07 April 2015 - MedicalXpress - Are current dietary guidelines for sodium and potassium reasonable?
29 March 2015 - Sydney Morning Herald - Jamie Oliver whips up support for junk food tax and right recipe for education
23 March 2015 - BBC Newsround - Half of kids don't eat veg each day
19 March 2015 - BBC ONE - The Truth About Sugar
19 March 2015 - Nutraingredients - Nutrient profiling key to public health policies
Energy drinks raise resting blood pressure
'Sugar papers' reveal industry role in 1970s dental program
28 February 2015 - EurekAlert - Psychology of food choice: Challenging the status quo
Widely used food additive promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, research shows
24 February 2015 - The Conversation - Here’s a better alternative to food banks – subsidised national kitchens
24 February 2015 - EurekAlert - Too many food choices exacerbate the battle against obesity, researchers find
20 February 2015 - Foodnavigator - WHO unveils nutrient profiling to restrict marketing to kids
Want pizza, chocolate, French fries? Highly processed foods linked to addictive eating
19 February 2015 - NewsWise - Diet Quality Declines Worldwide, but with Major Differences Across Countries
18 February 2015 - ScienceDaily - Obesity series exposes 'unacceptably slow' progress in tackling soaring global obesity rates over last decade
18 Feb 2015 - The Conversation - Here’s what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent
Cereal offenders: why do sugar levels keep rising in our breakfast choices?
16 February 2015 - FoodAct!ve - New campaign takes the fight to sugary drinks companies
13 February 2015 - MNT - Healthy diet, exercise 'not enough to treat obesity,' say experts
Brain activity can predict increased fat intake following sleep deprivation
12 February 2015 - BBC News - Row over sugar firms' links to scientists
Sugar: spinning a web of influence
Historic US and UK dietary advice on fats 'should not have been introduced'
06 February 2015 - The Conversation - Food fight: is business trying to game the five-a-day system?
A combination of early-life risk factors 'could quadruple the risk of childhood obesity'
02 March 2015 - BBC Radio 4 - The 'Clean Label' Question
American Academy of Pediatrics - Many Pre-Packaged Toddler Meals and Snack Foods Contain Too Much Salt or Sugar
02 February 2015 - The Conversation - Health Check: how to work out how much food you should eat
29 January 2015 - Medical News Today - Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes
27 January 2015 - MNT - UK parents hounded by their kids to buy junk food they see on TV - BHF calls for ban on junk food ads before 9pm
The Conversation - Fat and sugar-heavy diet harms your brain – and makes you keep on eating
07 January 2015 - MNT - After the new year, shoppers make healthier purchases but don't cut the regular less-healthy ones
31 December 2014 - Science Daily - Little change seen in fast food portion size, product formulation between 1996 and 2013
30 December 2014 - MNT - Year of birth has an influence on genetic risk for obesity, study finds
Fast-food consumption in children linked to poorer academic outcomes
High-fat (and high-sugar) diet, obesity during pregnancy harms stem cells in developing fetus
16 December 2014 - Nutraingredients - The microbes we eat: Study investigates bacteria in different diets
15 December 2015 - Leeds Beckett University - Study reveals no link between food environment and childhood obesity
Micronutrient insufficiencies: ‘The DGAC is turning a blind eye to this problem because they are preaching an ideal’
09 December 2014 - BBC News - Ready meals may count towards five a day
08 December 2014 - MedicalXpress - Scientists identify hormone that reduces calorie burning, contributes to obesity
03 December 2014 - The Conversation - Why food firms should be told what – and what not – to put in their products
01 December 2014 - MedicalXpress - Diabetes in midlife linked to significant cognitive decline 20 years later
28 November 2014 - Medical News Today - Appropriate reference amounts are important for the effective use of nutrition labelling information, study reveals
27 November 2014 - The Conversation - Time for business to deal with its costly sugar problem
25 November 2014 - The Conversation - Smoking, drinking and eating: public health should not be all about the individual
24 November 2014 - Science Daily - Obese children burdened by more than weight
19 November 2014 - The Conversation - Economic gloom makes humans stockpile food like animals hoarding for winter
19 November 2014 - Medical News Today - Home cooking is a main ingredient in a healthier diet
Trans fat consumption is linked to diminished memory in working-aged adults
17 November 2014 - Melrose - The link between diabetes and Alzheimer's
12 November 2014 - EWG - EWG’S DIRTY DOZEN GUIDE TO FOOD ADDITIVES: GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE – BUT IS IT?
12 November 2014 - Medical News Today -Toxic mix of fast-food outlets in inner city neighbourhoods fuelling diabetes and obesity epidemic
“Darwin, Diet, Disease, and Dollars,” - how the costs of excess sugar have overwhelmed the US healthcare system
10 November 2014 - New York Times - F.D.A. Must Define, and Enforce, the Term “Natural”
27 October 2014 - The Conversation - Official healthy food guide hasn't changed in 20 years: five things that need updating
Children know family budgets dictate how healthy their food is
14 October 2014 - Nutraingredients - Food industry must slash sugar – not just tinker
Beyond Obesity: Western Diet Shown to Make People Unintelligent
06 October 2014 - The Conversation - Who you calling an elephant? Animals have weight issues too
26 September 2014 - HuffPost - Is the NHS Encouraging Obesity Through Unhealthy Food Choices? And What Can We Do??
18 September 2014 - EPOCH TIMES - A Nutritional Approach to Depression
16 September 2014 - BBC News - Sugar intake must be slashed further, say scientists
12 September 2014 - KQED News - Berkeley’s Talking About Sugar — And the Conversation Isn’t Sweet
BBC News - Brain 'can be trained to prefer healthy food'
2 September 2014 - BMJ Blogs - Sally Norton: NHS hospitals—does a spoonful of sugar help the medicine go down?
24 August 2014 - The Guardian - Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison
23 August 2014 - foodconsumer - Palmitate may lead to circadian dysregulation
The balance between acids and host protection in a healthy mouth disrupted by high acidity drinks
‘Not enough people are talking about nutrition and brain function’
FAB Research conference notes: Sugar, fat, food and addiction: New approaches to the public health crisis
31 July 2014 - Medical News Today - Children's food intake decisions influenced by food preparation by parents
23 July 2014 - MedicalXpress - Targeting the brain to treat obesity
The Conversation - You are what you eat: how diet affects mental well-being
4 July 2014 - MNT - TV gives children a 'bad example' on food
23 June 2014 - BBC Radio 4 - Sweeteners: The answer to our sugar cravings?
18 June 2014 - The Conversation - Lifestyle diseases make global health promotion more difficult than ever
13 June 2014 - ScienceDaily - How food marketing creates false sense of health
Does food addiction exist? Research finds food addicts lacking psychological inhibition
17 June 2014 - BBC - Fried food twice per week limit in school meals
3 June 2014 - Time - How Sugar Went From a Condiment to a Diet Staple
11th May 2014 - The Guardian - Sugar is the real enemy, not fat itself, says film targeting obesity
25 April 2014 - Food Navigator - Children's TV viewing habits linked to 'junk food' consumption
Excess sugar consumption leads to a host of diseases
12 April 2014 - The Grocer - Sugar war professor Robert Lustig plans UK lecture tour during DH policy review
10 April 2014 - New study shows how junk food diets prompt laziness
CAPT Joseph Hibbeln, M.D.: Nutritional Armor - Brain and Behavior
Special report: Sugar - the bitter truth?
Cooking meat 'may be dementia risk'
14 Feb 2014 - Nutraingredients - Dr Alex Richardson Q&A: Nutritional Lipids for Mood and Behaviour
Pregnant mother's fatty diet may alter baby's brain
9 Jan 2014 - The Guardian - Obesity experts campaign to cut sugar in food by up to 30%
05 January 2015 - The Conversation - Why most food labels are wrong about calories
17 Dec 2013 - University of New South Wales - Junk food can harm memory in a week
Sleep Deprivation Linked To Junk Food Cravings
21 May 2013 - Food Navigator - UK children's foods often higher in fat and sugar, study finds
Omega-3 may minimise damaging effects of junk food on brain: Research review
30 Apr 2013 - BBC Radio 4 - Constant Cravings: Does Food Addiction Exist?
25 March 2013 - FoodNavigator - 'Mindless eating' in Britain spells opportunity for industry, says National Obesity Forum
20 March 2013 - The Guardian - Sugar, not fat, exposed as deadly villain in obesity epidemic
18 March 2013 - The Guardian - Students: just say no to sugar
Sugar is the new tobacco
BBC News - Tax fizzy drinks and ban junk food ads, say doctors
Is the “there is no such thing as bad foods, only bad diets” argument helpful?
20 Jan 2013 - BBC News - How addictive is sugar?
BMJ - Sugar and the Heart - Old Ideas Revisited
15 Jan 2013 - BMJ - Science Souring on Sugar
Western diet may cause brain impairment and neurodegenerative conditions, say researchers
4 Jan 2013 - The Times - Fat and sugar are just as deadly as cigarettes
Monteiro et al 2012 - Global health and Food processing: a new classification
BBC News - How we became addicted to sugar
18 Nov 2012 - The Guardian - Britain in nutrition recession as food prices rise and incomes shrink
18 Apr 2012 - BBC News - Will adverts at the Olympics increase fast food consumption?
More Trans Fat Consumption Linked to Greater Aggression
31 Oct 2011 - BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme - Palm Oil
28 Sept 2011 - New Scientist - Obesity expert: Sugar is toxic and should be regulated
23 Sept 2011 - The Conversation - Poor diet linked to teen mental health problems
The Independent - Dying for a burger? Why are trans fats still legal in the UK?
2 Aug 2011 - Wall Street Journal - Progress, Not Perfection, on Reducing Kids' Exposure to Ads for Unhealthful Foods
BBC Food Blog - The Trouble with Trans Fats
10 July 2011 - BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme: Trans Fats
'Restricted diet' linked to reduction in ADHD: Study
BBC - Healthy diet 'boosts childhood IQ'
ADHD Diet Plan Gets Mixed Reviews
Fast Food Advertising - Study begins to unlock the development of child taste preferences
Kids WILL Eat Low-Sugar Cereals, and Enjoy Them - A Randomized Controlled Trial
22 June 2010 - BBC News - NHS watchdog NICE calls for trans-fats ban in foods
16 April 2010 - BBC News - Medics call for ban on trans-fats in UK food
UK Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum Report on the links between diet, mental health and behaviour
New fears over additives in children's food
BBC News - 'Toxic Diets' Fuel Child Obesity
New reports link mental ill-health to changing diets
BBC News - Mental health link to diet change
The Guardian - Why it's time we faced fats
What not to feed your child
BBC Website - Are we emotionally what we eat?
BBC Website - 'Ban artificial food colourings'
A Rotten Way to Feed the Children
Strong link between Western diet during pregnancy and ADHD

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