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Tackling ultra-processed food must focus on evidence and avoid stigma

26 April 2023

Highly processed food is an integral part of many food systems. Changing our relationship with it will take time and evidence, and must not point the finger at consumers

How ultra-processed food harms your health and how to fix the problem

26 April 2023

Ultra-processed foods contain artificial ingredients that impact our health in ways that we are only just beginning to understand, says Chris van Tulleken

Lack of neuron ‘pruning’ may be behind many brain-related conditions

24 April 2023

Brain scans show that adolescents with more symptoms of certain mental health conditions, autism or ADHD have undergone less pruning than usual of synaptic connections between neurons

Women's small intestines are 30 centimetres longer than men's

24 April 2023

A longer small intestine may improve the absorption of nutrients from our food, which may be required more during pregnancy or while breastfeeding

A very premature baby strapped onto the medical skateboard

Skateboard helps very premature babies develop their motor skills

22 April 2023

A medical skateboard designed to help very premature infants practise moving forwards improves their chances of crawling and standing by the age of 1

Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

21 April 2023

Your biological age - a measure based on markers on your DNA, rather than your number of birthdays - can rise and fall in relation to stressful events