Go offline with the Player FM app!
How Big Soda Shaped the Science of Exercise
Manage episode 492335107 series 2457681
The American diet is awash in junk food. More than half the calories Americans eat come from processed food and drink. Three decades ago, with obesity on the rise, the food industry funded scientists to conclude that exercise was the answer, rather than taxing soda and reining in the marketing of processed food. Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh weighs in on Big Soda’s influence on science — at universities, through front groups — and the ways that companies like Coca-Cola influenced public health in the U.S. and in China, one of the largest markets for processed food in the world. (Encore presentation.)
Susan Greenhalgh, Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola University of Chicago Press, 2024
Photo credit: Mike Mozart
The post How Big Soda Shaped the Science of Exercise appeared first on KPFA.
1001 episodes
Manage episode 492335107 series 2457681
The American diet is awash in junk food. More than half the calories Americans eat come from processed food and drink. Three decades ago, with obesity on the rise, the food industry funded scientists to conclude that exercise was the answer, rather than taxing soda and reining in the marketing of processed food. Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh weighs in on Big Soda’s influence on science — at universities, through front groups — and the ways that companies like Coca-Cola influenced public health in the U.S. and in China, one of the largest markets for processed food in the world. (Encore presentation.)
Susan Greenhalgh, Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola University of Chicago Press, 2024
Photo credit: Mike Mozart
The post How Big Soda Shaped the Science of Exercise appeared first on KPFA.
1001 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.