Processed Food, Creating Harmful And Addictive Products
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health suggests that tobacco companies historically leveraged their expertise in engineering and marketing to create addictive ultra-processed foods. The research highlights how these strategies have contributed to global health issues like obesity and chronic disease.
Why it matters
This research exposes the historical corporate links between the tobacco and food industries, raising questions about public health regulation and corporate accountability.
Tobacco companies have helped to engineer ultra-processed food (UPF) and scale up the industry, developing and distributing addictive products that are driving obesity, cancer, dementia and chronic diseases like diabetes.
The article focuses on corporate criticism and public health advocacy, which is a common framing in health policy reporting.
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