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Junk food is doing more harm than ever, more so in the United States than in any other developed country in the world. Worse, ultra-processed food, another term for it, does not affect Americans equally. There's much money to be made from this stuff and only a relatively few people making it. We need to redistribute the wealth and empty calories, like taxing the junk and using the income to increase spending on public health. Listen here.
By barryJunk food is doing more harm than ever, more so in the United States than in any other developed country in the world. Worse, ultra-processed food, another term for it, does not affect Americans equally. There's much money to be made from this stuff and only a relatively few people making it. We need to redistribute the wealth and empty calories, like taxing the junk and using the income to increase spending on public health. Listen here.