silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoHow Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down16
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minus-squareGluWu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·5 months agoI was hoping there would be something about the health effects of ultraprocessed foods. This is just about over eating.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-25 months agoThat is the health effect of ultraprocessed foods: they’re designed to be hyperpalatable so that people will eat (and therefore buy) more.
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoHuh, good point. They spend a lot of money researching how to make them addictive.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoWhich is in part caused by the foods — they’re engineered to overcome peoples’ natural limits to how much they eat.
I was hoping there would be something about the health effects of ultraprocessed foods. This is just about over eating.
That is the health effect of ultraprocessed foods: they’re designed to be hyperpalatable so that people will eat (and therefore buy) more.
Huh, good point. They spend a lot of money researching how to make them addictive.
Which is in part caused by the foods — they’re engineered to overcome peoples’ natural limits to how much they eat.