The Trump administration approved requests from another six states to prevent consumers from using food assistance benefits ...

Southern fry favorites In the South, fried food carries history on every plate. At Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans, beignets have drawn crowds since 1862, their powdered sugar a fixture of mornings ...

For example, many ads use "sports-washing" to associate unhealthy foods with healthy sports activities or pleasurable spectator sports. Sports in junk-food marketing can appeal to a broad audience ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's office says they plan to join a growing number of states preventing SNAP benefits from ...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term junk food as, “food that has low nutritional value, typically produced in the form of packaged snacks needing little or no preparation." Foods such as ...

Often, junk food is made from processed or refined carbs, preservatives, salt, artificial sweeteners, and added colors, explains medical nutrition specialist Dr. Amy Lee.

Viewers bombarded with 52 minutes of junk food advertising every hour. Young people exposed to influencer and digital game-based marketing consume an additional 37 calories in foods that are high ...

Diet can have a greater impact on a person’s chances of getting Alzheimer’s, according to new research. The Northeastern University study indicates its not only a person’s genes that play a part in ...

A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics.