Eric Robinson - Ultra-processed food: how scared should you be?
Ultra-processed foods make up most of the food we eat in the UK, but are widely demonised and described as foods that 'are not food'. This new concept has become part of mainstream consciousness off the back of a bestselling book by a TV personality and medical doctor, but what does the science actually say? We will talk about how the underlying science has been misused for personal gain and how worried we should be about ultra-processed foods in our diets.
About Erin Robinson
Eric is a Professor of Psychology & Public Health at the University of Liverpool, UK. His research team are funded by the UK Medical Research Council to understand the effects of ultra-processed food on health and in 2024 he was an expert witness at a House of Lords committee on ultra-processed food, diet and obesity.
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