Big Questions on How Food Affects Our Health
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute explores the science behind major questions on food and health — from the addictive potential of ultraprocessed foods to the high-protein diet craze to the drawbacks of keto.
Food is complicated. We eat to stay alive, we eat for pleasure, we eat to stay healthy or get healthier. And increasingly, we eat because the food is telling us to eat more.
Though eating replicas of underground invertebrates may not sound alluring, evidently it is: Americans spent more than 5 billion dollars on gummy worms in 2024.
Americans spent more than 5 billion dollars on gummy worms in 2024.That led us to choose the chemical-laden confection as the cover “model” for this issue of Science News, which delves into the science behind big questions on food and health.
First Stop, Ultraprocessed Foods
Gummy worms and other highly processed salty, fatty or sugary foods have come to dominate the American food supply, accounting for more than half of the calories that people consume at home.
Author summary: Exploring food science and health.
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