Ultra-processed foods now dominate children’s diets and are engineered to hijack our reward systems, creating a public health emergency rather than mere personal failure. Drawing on scientific studies, interviews with clinicians, policy experts, and everyday families, this episode analyzes the corporate, social, and physiological forces that make unhealthy choices the default. We connect nutrition science, behavioral economics, and public policy to explain why willpower alone can’t undo engineered cravings — and outline practical policy and personal steps that work.

What we'll discuss:
- 🍟 Engineered addiction: how products hijack reward systems
- 💰 Corporate profit engine and aggressive marketing
- ⚖️ Social inequity: access, affordability, and food deserts
- 🧬 Physiological impacts on gut, inflammation, cravings
- 🛡️ Policy wins: warning labels and marketing bans
- 🥦 Practical steps: shopping tactics and fiscal fixes

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Engineered Addiction: The Ultra‑Processed Food Crisis

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