Neena Prasad on the power of ultra-processed foods

Feed: a food systems podcast

People across the world are consuming more ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Will Latin American countries and elsewhere follow the path of the US and the UK, where over half of calories consumed now come from UPFs? Dr Neena Prasad, director of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Food Policy Program, joins us to talk about the power of and the power behind UPFs. We talk about the utility and harms of processing foods, the links between the tobacco industry and UPFs, and the public health measures advocated by the Food Policy Program. These include taxing UPFs, putting restrictions on marketing (especially to children), advancing public sector health promoting policies, and front-of-package nutrition labeling.
For more info and transcript, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode52
More info on Bloomberg Philanthropies' Food Policy Program
Read TABLE explainer on UPFs
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