This book explores the origins, science and economics of Ultra-Processed Foods and unpacks the effects that the increased dependence on these foods is having on human and environmental health. The book questions narratives of individual choice and responsibility, demonstrating instead how the increased consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods is driven by addiction, big business and a limiting food environment. A series of solutions for doctors, policy makers, and consumers are presented in order to take action against on a global scale.
Publisher’s description:
It's not you, it's the food.
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we've been told we just need to make different choices, when really we're living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.
About the author
Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London. He trained at Oxford and has a PhD in molecular virology from University College London where he is an Associate Professor. His research focuses on how corporations affect human health especially in the context of child nutrition
Reference:
van Tulleken, C. (2023). Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food ... and Why Can't We Stop? Cornerstone Press, London, UK.
Read more here. See also the TABLE explainer on What is ultra-processed food? And why do people disagree about its utility as a concept?
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