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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I was hoping there would be something about the health effects of ultraprocessed foods. This is just about over eating.

[–] grue 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That is the health effect of ultraprocessed foods: they're designed to be hyperpalatable so that people will eat (and therefore buy) more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Huh, good point. They spend a lot of money researching how to make them addictive.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Which is in part caused by the foods — they're engineered to overcome peoples' natural limits to how much they eat.