The government has re-asserted its view that “pure brand advertising” should be exempt from incoming rules that will ban less healthy food and drink products online and on TV pre-9pm. At the beginning ...

It’s terrible. It’s a scandal. It’s also nonsense. The study was junk science — data manipulated to produce a divisive and partisan narrative. Yet you’d think otherwise, given how the ...

At this Oklahoma City grocery store, the shelves are nearly filled of tea, coffee, hot chocolate mix, sparkling water and electrolyte drinks. Some of these items could be excluded from SNAP ...

The government has intervened in a bid to prevent hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of food industry ads from being banned under its looming junk food marketing regulations. In a statement ...

“Extreme hunger and junk food do not go well together because when you're extremely hungry, you tend to consume large portions of food, and junk food is not meant to be consumed in large ...

Mexico has banned junk food in schools to combat childhood obesity and diabetes, replacing unhealthy snacks with healthier options. This initiative faces enforcement challenges. Meanwhile ...

Zolnikov hopes that his SB 354 would incentivize grocers to carry a larger variety of nutrient-dense options and send a signal to major junk food brands that they can’t market to low-income ...

Supporters argue the proposal would ensure taxpayer money is spent on nutritious foods and food stamp recipients aren't wasting it on junk food. While lawmakers who voted against the bill agreed ...

An advocacy group called Make Texans Healthy Again (MHTA) praised the move by the Texas Senate in a news release as a way to keep people from using food stamps to buy soda, candy, or other ...

Food stamp recipients could soon be barred from using their benefits to buy chips, sodas and other types of junk food under a bill that passed the Texas Senate. “This bill isn’t about limiting ...

A woman has sparked strong reaction on Reddit after sharing a family drama about her refusal to buy junk food for her children and the problems this take-no-prisoners stance has caused among the ...

Stephan Lammel, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at UC Berkeley and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, stated that while having a natural preference for junk food is ...