For decades, unhealthy eating has been framed as a slow problem. Weight gain accumulates gradually. Blood sugar rises quietly. Disease appears after years of excess. The implication is that occasional ...

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Junk food like sodas, potato chips, packaged snacks and processed meats has long been linked to higher risks of diabetes and hypertension. Now, an increasing body of research is also tying ...

Major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, courtesy of President Donald Trump and his GOP-controlled Congress, have arrived across the nation. The reforms to the food assistance ...

Florida Atlantic University research links ultra-processed foods to heart issues and says reducing consumption is an urgent public health priority. A vending machine stocked with ultra-processed food.

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Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger. Vermont officials are pursuing a ban on some “non-nutritious items” for recipients of the state’s largest food ...

Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabaté says he was forced to abandon his playful Minions-themed routine just days before the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Featured Video The ...

The nation's largest food redistributor is expanding its distribution center in Bear to support projected need for more distribution space in the Northeast. Dot Foods will expand its facility from 190 ...

There are two reasons to stop arguing about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to revamp America’s food supply. First, nothing meaningful is likely to make it through Congress in our current political ...

Critics of the restrictions are concerned with the bouts of confusion, contingent on the state with some feeling it could drive the numbers down of people who participate in the program. As of Jan. 1, ...

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - In mid-December 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved waivers for 18 states to ban the use of SNAP benefits to buy certain junk food. While some states — including ...