(Junk) food for thought
HOW could we still be getting fat? We all know the villains of the obesity pandemic – sugar, saturated fat, alcohol – yet our waistlines continue to expand. Last month, one Irish health expert went as far as saying the crisis was so severe that this generation of parents may be the first to bury their very overweight children.
The health warnings have been unequivocal. The way we eat is putting us at risk of type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and early death. So why aren’t we listening? Ask Sarah Boseley that question and the journalist and author of a new book on how junk food and diets are shortening our lives will give you an unexpected answer.
