Emotions before eating strongly influence snack choices, making healthy dieting harder during stressful or happy moments.

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Research shows that just five days of sugary, fatty snacks can alter brain insulin responses, hinting that junk food can rewire the brain before visible weight gain.

It's easy to assume people with obesity eat more because they simply love food more. However, new research suggests the opposite. In fact, the more weight you gain, the less pleasure your brain ...

On Wednesday morning, social media was flooded with viral posts claiming that an 11th-grade student from Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh died due to excessive consumption of junk food. The girl's ...

Eating a junk food-heavy diet for just a few days may be hurting your memory, researchers have warned. More than a third of Americans consume cheeseburgers, fries, and other junk food on any given day ...

The snack aisle looks harmless until you read the labels. Some of the most popular junk foods in the U.S. pack more sugar and ...

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases worldwide. So it is natural that people search for one clear solution. In recent ...

Those who consumed more junk food had a 47% higher risk of heart attack or stroke compared with those who ate the least, according to a new study.

Before I had kids, I worked in The Children’s Eating Lab at Penn State University. As a young, idealistic, somewhat naïve graduate student, I developed all sorts of ideas about how I would feed my ...