Studies show that ultra-processed meats and foods are associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. Swapping ...

Preservatives are often used in ultra processed foods such as ready meals, crisps, sugary snacks and breakfast cereals, which ...

The preservatives that keep processed foods fresh may also be quietly increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes.

A new USC study found that young adults who ate more ultra-processed foods faced a significantly higher risk of prediabetes and insulin resistance over time. Credit: Shutterstock.

Dr. Fang Fang Zhang, a cancer epidemiologist focused on nutrition, told USA TODAY the message to eat more whole or minimally ...

Two large studies found a significant association between eating preservatives in many foods and a higher risk of type 2 ...

A higher intake of preservative food additives was associated with an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a January study published in Nature Communications.

Research shows that around 70% of the food supply chain in the United States consists of ultra-processed foods. A recent study shows that around one in 10 new cases of type 2 diabetes and around 3% of ...

School lunches are about to look a lot healthier thanks to a new law in California aimed at reducing ultra-processed foods.

Highly processed foods are bad for Americans, and the science is clear, notes guest columnist John P. Kirwan. But real reform ...