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Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
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Put health warnings on Ultra Processed Foods (UPF), add a tax and subsidise fruit, veg and non-UPF foods.
Should treat these foods like we do with cigarettes and sugar.
Kids appetites can be different to adults so I'm not sure that's fair, I'm fine with my kids eating little and often between meals, as long as it's not crap. Just have an abundance of fruit in the house and also eat those yourself so you're setting an example. Be prepared when you go out so you bring healthy snacks with you rather than having to buy UPF laden crap.
The problem is that UPF are cheap and last a long time compared to non-UPF foods. For people on a budget it's almost impossible to avoid, it's everywhere. Non UPF alternatives are usually much more expensive.
Yep, it's addictive by design.
Why are you calling out chicken nuggets?! Chicken nuggets are gods gift to those of us too tired to cook after work some nights. And they’re just mainly chicken and water and breading. Soda is straight poison, I will agree with you wholeheartedly there.
I recently talked to a friend about how chicken nuggets have been weirdly demonized as being particularly worse than other processed foods and apparently the YouTube channel Folding Ideas made a video about how Jamie Oliver basically singlehandedly implanted the idea into so many people's heads because he personally thought they were gross.
Reminded me that I should watch that video myself, here's a link if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU
I’ll go you one better; here’s the ones I bought last night: