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We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick

29 March 2023

Poor diet is the biggest cause of avoidable illness and premature death in high-income countries. Our food system is broken, say Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis

Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

5 January 2022

Putting on weight is often blamed on overeating, but new evidence is emerging that it is actually the other way round, says David S. Ludwig

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Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

28 February 2018

There's a danger that if society condemns all processed food as bad then research into its many potential benefits will be hampered, warns Nicola Temple

Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

21 August 2017

The latest push to tackle growing waistlines among England's children is a call to cut calories in junk food. It won't work wonders, warns Tom Sanders