Imagine this. You just had a full meal and your stomach is satisfied. But within an hour, you’re suddenly thinking about ...

Emotions also play a role, nutritional psychologists say. If people eat a lot junk food when they are sad or stressed, their brains will associate eating these foods as a coping mechanism.

But we beg to differ. In a series of studies published in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, we found advertisements showing people eating junk food prompted people on a diet to eat less.

The dietary and hygienic changes that people underwent as a result of the Black Plague could be the reason why human being are so fond of junk food 700 years later, scientists say. Those changes ...

Recent research reported that people who eat 10% more UPFs than others have a 23% higher risk of head and neck cancer. A junk food diet was also linked to a 24% higher risk of cancer of the ...

“Somebody eating junk food or looking at junk food is just gonna ... “I think a lot of people have this misconception that food content creators post everything that we eat,” Wilkins said.

"Junk Food" Misconceptions In general ... Besides, anxiety, stress, and boredom can lead people to eat to stay comfortable, often choosing high sugar, fat, and salt foods. While these choices ...

A study of more than 200,000 people found those who ate the most amount of junk food were 29 percent more likely to develop the disease. It did not apply to women, perhaps because they eat more ...

and there’s some early evidence that it’s already having a positive effect on the way people eat. Some countries in the European Union use a system called Nutri-Score that grades food products ...

“We should think of the food environment in just the same way, and not go out into a ‘climate’ of junk ... with eating calorie-dense foods high in fat and sugar, the study found. People ...

New research suggests the widespread marketing of junk food on social media is influencing the food choices of young people.