From the June editorial of the Journal of the World Public Health Nutrition Association on the subject of food “ultra-processing” driving global obesity:
But what came over most clearly at [Rio2012], in the matter of a third and very concrete theme, is that with the scandal and outrage of the advertising and marketing of ultra-processed products to children, what’s needed above all is resolute and even militant action.
Read the whole thing for a scathing criticism of what the authors call “Big Snack.”
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health & food policy. And cats! 
