412: How strong is the link between processed food and obesity?

<div>Obesity is one of the most visible public health problems right across the world.   <br> <br> <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/podcast/the-glimmer-of-hope-in-an-otherwise-damning-who-obesity-report-food-podcasts/">The World Health Organization</a> started sounding alarm bells in the 1990s.  <br> <br> But despite various interventions by governments, so-called “globesity” has continued its inexorable progress.<br> <br> It is clear that our changing diet plays a role, and many experts have singled out highly processed and refined foods as a major problem, particularly in the West.<br> <br> But in this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, we ask: What is it about these particular types of food that contribute to <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/podcast/why-is-the-uk-is-heading-towards-having-europes-highest-obesity-rate-food-podcasts/">obesity</a>?   <br> <br> And given the complexity of the issue, would eliminating them from our diets actually make much of a difference?<br> <br> <strong>Guests:<br> Professor David Raubenheimer, Leonard Ullmann Chair in Nutritional Ecology, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney  <br> Dr Amanda Grech, Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney</strong> </div>