Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised that by April, the federal government will issue a definition of ultra-processed ...

KANSAS CITY — The pending definition of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may be one of the most consequential regulatory developments the food and beverage industry has faced since the passage of the Food ...

Regulators are moving toward policies targeting ultra-processed foods, but a fundamental issue remains unresolved: what ...

The American diet is killing us. On that point, public health experts largely agree. And in recent years, people who want to make Americans healthier — across the ideological spectrum — are targeting ...

The term "ultra-processed foods" has become common when discussing how healthy -- or unhealthy -- American diets are. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published early ...

On July 24, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a joint request for information (RFI) to gather information and data to help the agencies ...

The USDA and Food and Drug Administration will define “ultra-processed foods,” trying to distinguish between healthy processed foods and processed foods linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, ...

Identifying unhealthy food is not as easy as one might think.

Earlier this year, President Trump formed the Make America Healthy Again Commission. The Commission included representatives from more than a dozen government agencies. The Commission was tasked with ...

Researchers say the findings build on earlier evidence linking these foods to high blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin resistance — key drivers of long-term cardiovascular disease.