Future Discontinuous Are Ultra-Processed Foods the New Silent Killers, Rosie Boycott?
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Feb 21, 2025 Rosie Boycott, a Member of the House of Lords and renowned food activist, dives deep into the alarming world of ultra-processed foods. She discusses how these products fuel chronic diseases and exploit our appetite through addiction strategies borrowed from the tobacco industry. Rosie highlights the harmful marketing tactics aimed at children and the urgent need for regulatory changes, like Chile's successful warning labels. With a focus on healthy, diverse diets, she inspires hope that we can reform our food system for better health and sustainability.
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- Rosie Boycott described leaving journalism, starting a smallholding and writing about growing vegetables.
- That experience launched her lifelong study of food, health and the environment.
Diet Is Now The Leading Health Threat
- Poor diet now rivals and has overtaken smoking as the leading global cause of ill health and death.
- Ultra-processed diets drive increases in cancer, heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.
How Ultra-Processed Foods Work
- Ultra-processed foods combine cheap ingredients with additives to maximise profit and shelf-life.
- Their hyper-palatability circumvents human satiety and promotes overconsumption.