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12 May 2025

Parkinson’s Disease: A New Reason to Limit Ultra-Processed Foods

Ultra-processed foods undergo many modifications, making their raw ingredients almost unrecognisable. Examples include snacks, industrial pastries, biscuits, pre-cooked meals, saus...

Tags: Parkinson's, Prodro, UPFs

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08 May 2025

Amici Obesi – Groundbreaking Obesity Legislation Approved by Italian Chamber of Deputies

On 7 May 2025, in Rome, the Italian Chamber of Deputies approved a new law to help people with obesity. This law is the first of its kind in the world. It shows that obesity is a m...

Tags: Disease, Legislation, Obesity

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30 Apr 2025

Drinking soda changes the way your body absorbs sugar — including from other food

Findings from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research indicates that poor dietary habits can alter our metabolism. Consuming sugary beverages such as sodas and flavored teas tri...

Tags: Essential nutrients, Gut, sugary drinks

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28 Apr 2025

Study links ultra-processed foods to premature deaths

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has linked the consumption of ultra-process foods to premature mortality. Previous studies have consistently found ...

Tags: NCDs, premature death, UPFs

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23 Apr 2025

Fake honey production on the rise

Deutsche Welle has reported that the honey industry is facing a crisis due to counterfeit honey, often adulterated with sugar syrup. This fake honey has already made its way into t...

Tags: AI tool, Counterfeit honey, Illegal imports

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17 Apr 2025

Do sweeteners increase appetite?

A new study, featured by FoodNavigator Europe and led by the director of the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, suggests that sucralose—a common artificial sweetener in...

Tags: Appetite, Sucralose, Sweeteners

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16 Apr 2025

Spain passes law promoting healthier meals and dietary habits in schools

On Tuesday, Spain’s government adopted a decree requiring school canteens to offer healthier meals and banning unhealthy snacks from vending machines in schools. The measure, pre...

Tags: Children, Obesity, school canteens

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11 Apr 2025

Mexico bans junk food in schools

The 2020–2022 National Health and Nutrition Survey reveals that 36.5% of schoolchildren in Mexico, approximately six million children, are overweight or obese. Additionally, thes...

Tags: Ban, junk food, Mexico

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09 Apr 2025

French researchers find hard evidence of cocktail effects of food additives

For the first time, a broad-based study has found evidence of cocktail effects of certain combinations of food additives. Researchers in the field of nutritional epidemiology from ...

Tags: cocktail effect, Food Additives, UPFs

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07 Apr 2025

UK advises against drinks with sweeteners for younger children

The BBC reported that the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) from the UK is advising that younger children should not be given drinks containing artificial sweetener...

Tags: Artificial sweeteners, Drinks, Preschool children

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04 Apr 2025

Nutrition, key factor in life expectancy drop

The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to research from the University of East Anglia. A new study, published in The Lancet Publ...

Tags: Life expectancy, NCDs, Nutrition

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31 Mar 2025

HFSS foods and UPFs highly overlap, British study finds

Over half of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) consumed in the UK are also foods high in fat, salt, and sugar — either measured by food type or amount of calories —, according to a ...

Tags: HFSS foods, ultra-processed foods, UPFs