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Cook more at home to reduce ultra-processed food intake, say cardiologist groups

ultra-processed food. Even small and gradual increases in home-prepared meals can improve health over time.” Consuming fewer sugary drinks, packaged snacks and processed meats – which are common types of UPFs – would

Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods, journal reveals

ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and cigarettes include not only how UPF products were formulated and marketed to drive excess consumption, but also the growing body of evidence linking UPFs to a variety of health risks

Scientists search the microbiome for clues to the rise in colorectal cancers

Health News](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/) ### [From anxiety to cancer, the evidence against ultra-processed food piles up](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/18/1238939706/ultra-processed-food-junk-food-disease-cancer-anxiety-depression-diet) Advances in science in recent years have made [many cancers moretreatable and survivable](https://pressroom.cancer.org

Raise tax on alcohol and junk food to cut deaths from liver disease, experts say

ultra-processed food and fossil fuels promoting products that the UN’s health arm believes kill [2.7 million people a year](https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/12/tobacco-alcohol-ultra-processed-foods-fossil-fuels-deaths) in Europe. Governments should “align taxation of alcohol and unhealthy foods

I tried the UK's 'saltiest' sandwich - here's what I learned

risk. But elsewhere in the body excess salt damages the kidneys which filter our blood, leaches calcium out of our bones making them more frail, and has been linked to vascular dementia, stomach cancer

What to know about Kyle Diamantas, the new acting FDA commissioner

risk of a deadly gastrointestinal condition. The New York Times first [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/health/fda-infant-formula-kyle-diamantas.html) Diamantas’s involvement in the case. In 2024, Abbott lost the lawsuit and was forced to pay $495m. A Missouri

First Thing: Trump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’

risk a new wave of bombing. - **Follow the latest updates** [with our liveblog](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/22/iran-war-live-updates-trump-ceasefire-us-hormuz-blockade-israel-lebanon-middle-east). ## **Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump** ![Signs in Virginia