Dr Chris van Tulleken on Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating – “It is not your fault. It is the food”
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks, can we change our food environment for the better and improve our health
Chris van Tulleken (Image: BBC/Lion Television/Tom Barnes)
Published: November 20, 2024 — We now eat an extraordinary range of ultra-processed foods which are the product of brilliant advances in industrial chemistry and scientific research. Created by ingenious scientists and sold to us by clever marketeers, there’s a lot to love about them: they’re hyper-delicious, super-convenient, have long shelf-lives and are extremely cheap. But a growing body of evidence is linking these industrially produced products to our declining health.
As our consumption of these foods has soared, producers’ profits have sky-rocketed. But there’s now a growing movement demanding controls. Some Latin American countries have been successful in introducing more stringent regulation of these popular goods. In this exploration of the darker side of the food industry, Dr Chris van Tulleken asks, can we change our food environment for the better and improve our health? And, if we find ultra processed foods irresistible, is it really our fault?
Watch Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two on 25 November at 9pm.
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BBC TWO
