From Talia Morris, Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
You discuss the idea that food addiction might be akin to drug addiction. This idea overlooks the fact that ultra-processed foods are designed to be over-consumed. They are visually appealing, intensely flavoured, energy dense goodies that beg sensory seeking while providing little satisfaction. These factors strongly encourage people to eat more of them than is reasonable. When people do so, they are as much victims of marketing as addiction. Penalise the makers, not the consumers (25 May, p 10).
