The Role of Processed Foods in the Obesity Epidemic

Описание: The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for national weight gain and the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food, but a different kind of food - processed food.

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This explosion of processed junk was aided and abetted by Big Government at the behest of Big Food, which I explore next in my video, The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r....

This is the 5th video in an 11-part series. Here are the first four:
• The Role of Diet vs. Exercise in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of Genes in the Obesity Epidemic (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/the...)
• The Thrifty Gene Theory: Survival of the Fattest (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-t...)
• Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cut-t...)

Still to come:
• The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of Marketing in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of Food Advertisements in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of Corporate Influence in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)
• The Role of the Toxic Food Environment in the Obesity Epidemic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-r...)

2022 Update - You might be interested in my new video Ultra-Processed Junk Food Put to the Test.
(https://nutritionfacts.org/video/ultr...)

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