Sugar became a modern-day bogeyman during austerity. Why? And how did it come to represent personal responsibility? And who has been most instrumental in the fight against it? Hannah Fearn is joined by Karen Throsby, author of new book Sugar rush: Science, politics and the demonisation of fatness, to explore the disastrous consequences of the fight on sugar.

“Sugar became the perfect scapegoat for austerity.”
“The war on obesity is a failure on its own terms.”
“The language of conflict of foodstuffs always justifies quick, ill-thought-out measures.”

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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526151544/

Written and presented by Hannah Fearn. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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