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UK Government Delays Restrictions on Junk Food Promotion Amid Cost of Living Crisis
A ban on multibuy deals such as buy one get one free for less healthy food will be put off for a year in light of the "unprecedented global economic situation," the ...
May 14, 2022
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Lily Zhou
Kellogg’s Fights British Government’s Ban On The Promotion Of Foods High In Fat, Sugar, and Salt
The food giant is mounting a legal challenge against new government rules to tackle child obesity that would ...
April 27, 2022
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Owen Evans
Let’s Chat About Frozen Pizza
Pizza, the number one go-to on a busy night and often considered "junk food" by many. Considering it ...
April 15, 2022
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Heidi McIndoo
Is It Better to Advise More Plants or Less Junk?
It may be more expedient politically to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a ...
December 30, 2021
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Michael Greger
Junk Food and the Brain
Emotional, nonrational, even explosive remarks in public discourse have escalated in recent years. This is sometimes attributed to social ...
December 19, 2021
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Bonnie Kaplan
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Julia J Rucklidge
The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health
Humans (and our ancestors) have been processing food for at least 1.8 million years. Roasting, drying, grinding, and other ...
September 25, 2020
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Mark Lawrence
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Phillip Baker
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Priscila Machado
Junk Food Addict Drank 11 Liters of Pop a Day, Loses 250lb to Become a US Marine
Adan Prescott was just 18 when his father, an Army veteran, died of a heart attack in 2013. ...
June 21, 2020
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Epoch Inspired Staff
Too Much Junk Food May Not Be Why We Struggle With a Healthy Diet
An endless number of studies and experts emphasize that eating a healthy diet is essential for overall health and disease ...
March 13, 2020
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Deborah Mitchell
Snacking: A Modern Habit Rife With Problems
Cakes, biscuits, and energy bars are, for many people, just staples of everyday life—the snacks that keep them going through ...
November 4, 2019
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Ruth Whiteside
British Teen Goes Blind After Restrictive Diet of French Fries, Chips, and White Bread
A 17-year-old British boy who subsisted on a diet consisting mostly of french fries, chips, processed meat, and ...
September 3, 2019
BY
Tom Ozimek
A Focus on Not Eating Junk Food May Be Ruining Our Diet, Study Shows
Endless studies and experts tell us that eating a healthy diet is essential for overall health and disease prevention. They ...
July 4, 2019
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Deborah Mitchell
Eating Junk Food Raises Cancer Risk, Even for Slim Women
Whether you are slim or obese, one thing is clear: calorie-dense processed foods increase cancer risk, regardless of ...
October 3, 2018
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Joel Fuhrman
Junk Food: What Are We Eating and Why?
Junk food—it’s a term people use loosely, and it can mean different things depending on the person. Pizza ...
January 22, 2018
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Deborah Mitchell
Sesame Street ‘Avengers’ Parody Saves Veggies From Sugary Villain (Video)
In ‘The Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon’ and their heroic pals keep healthy treats from being turned into ...
April 28, 2015
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Liz Dwyer
A New Generation of Streetart for Health
Health promotion takes many forms.
March 29, 2015
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Alessandro R Demaio
Chocoholics: Are Some Foods Made to Be Addictive?
Why are some foods—like chocolate, pizza, and French fries—more addictive than others—like brown rice or salmon?
February 25, 2015
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University of Michigan
Your Fault You’re Fat? I Don’t Buy It.
This last week, my working week started in London and ended in Mexico City. Beginning on one side ...
October 30, 2014
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Alessandro R Demaio
How to Unjunk Your Junk Food
Avoiding these seven categories of ingredients is a huge step in the right direction to making better, more ...
October 16, 2014
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Andrea Donsky
Beyond Obesity: Western Diet Shown to Make People Unintelligent
It was observed that children with higher consumption of takeout foods, processed meats, soft drinks and other refined ...
October 12, 2014
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Ethan A. Huff
Addiction to Junk Food: More Than Meets the Eye
Junk food, high in fat and sugar, is so much more than excessive calories. It truly creates addiction ...
August 9, 2014
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Eleni Roumeliotou
How to Eliminate Junk Food Cravings for Good
Processed foods contain carefully orchestrated flavors and other sensory factors designed to be as addictive as possible...
June 2, 2014
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Joseph Mercola
Triglycerides in Junk Food Are ‘Hard Drugs’ for the Brain
The constant desire for fatty foods can lead to binge eating and gluttony, which in turn results in ...
May 22, 2014
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Ethan A. Huff
Are Schools Creating The Obesity Epidemic? (Video)
With childhood obesity rates rising, schools should play a central role in healthy eating. Instead, low nutrition standards ...
April 11, 2014
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Epoch Times Staff
Making poor choices in your diet? Try this.
Why do we keep repeating unhealthy lifestyle patterns? Why do we eat foods that we are allergic ...
March 27, 2014
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LJ LaValle
Would You Like Fries With That Thought?
Who doesn’t pine for a Krispy Kreme donut now and again? Or perhaps a bag of greasy French ...
June 13, 2013
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Wylie Goodman
Sorry Norway Food Companies, No More Greasy Burger Ads for Kids
Norway’s Health Ministry is proposing to ban advertisements aimed at children for “unhealthy” food including sodas, cookies, chocolate, ...
December 11, 2012
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Alex Johnston
Junk Food Sugar a Plague on Adolescent Teeth
Regular tooth brushing has little effect on the teeth of adolescents who consume junk food sugar, suggests new ...
September 2, 2011
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Diane Cordemans
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