Episode 63: The Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods on Children's Health Part 1 Of 2

We've examined plant-based meats versus traditional farming and unpacked the deceptive world of food labeling. Now we turn to perhaps the most urgent food crisis facing our society: the systematic poisoning of an entire generation of children through ultra-processed foods. This isn't hyperbole. When you look at the data on childhood obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease, the trajectory is genuinely frightening. Children today are experiencing health conditions that were once rare or unknown in pediatric populations. Type two diabetes, once called adult-onset diabetes, is now diagnosed in children as young as eight. Fatty liver disease, formerly associated with alcoholism, appears in children who've never consumed alcohol. These aren't genetic changes happening in a single generation. These are environmental factors—specifically dietary factors—causing unprecedented health problems in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices