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EPISODE · Mar 28, 2026 · 30 MIN

Donal O’Shea: “Everything is salted caramel now: it combines salt, fat and sugar.”

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

Specialist in obesity, Professor Donal O’Shea outlines how our food environment has become unhealthy, with an abundance of high fat, salt and sugary processed foods. He describes the tricks companies use to sell more volume. With evidence that highly processed foods are unhealthy, Donal outlines what changes we should make to guard our health.

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