Author: Beverley O'Hara, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Leeds Beckett University

Goksi/Shutterstock Someone taking a weight-loss drug might leave half their dinner because they feel comfortably full. They might also stop because they feel nauseous. Measuring the leftovers would reveal the same result, but tell researchers little about why the person stopped eating. That distinction is important when studying how GLP-1-based medications, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, […]

Highly moralised food messaging may encourage disordered eating patterns. superbeststock/Shutterstock For many people interested in health and wellbeing, the idea of ultra-processed food, or UPF, has become more than a technical term in nutrition research. In public debate, it often serves as shorthand for wider concerns about modern, industrially produced food. Those concerns are not […]