With over 80 undergraduate majors and minors, there are many unique avenues for UNC students to study, but one minor created in 2019 crosses multiple disciplines. From 2015 to 2018, a subcommittee ...

A new study claims that “ultra-processed food addiction” affects one in eight older adults. But how solid is the science behind that headline? Beneath the striking numbers lies a web of assumptions ...

Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us, a new book by acclaimed nutrition scientist Kevin Hall and award-winning health journalist Julia Belluz, examines enduring myths ...

A Canadian study of 6,000 adults has found that eating large amounts of ultra-processed foods is tied to obesity, inflammation, and markers of poor heart health. Even after accounting for exercise, ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood ...