Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London. He trained at Oxford and has a PhD in molecular virology from University College London where he is an Associate Professor. His research focuses on how corporations affect human health especially in the context of child nutrition and he works with UNICEF and The World Health Organisation on this area. As one of the BBC's leading broadcasters for children and adults his work has won two BAFTAs. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
A brilliant book . . . a real eye-opener. The bottom line is that
if we keep consuming sugar, salt and fat on the scale that we
currently do, it is going to cost all of us an unconscionable
fortune in the future.
*James O'Brien*
You’ve got to get this book in your life . . . Completely
compelling . . . Read a page and think about it for the rest of the
week
*Chris Evans*
A devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we
eat and why
*Adam Rutherford*
If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it
this one. It will not only change the way you eat but the way you
think about food. And it does all this without a hint of
finger-wagging or body shaming. I came away feeling so much better
informed about every aspect of ultra-processed food, from the way
it affects the microbes in our gut to why it is so profitable to
produce to why it's so hard to eat only a single bowl of Coco Pops
to why any food that is marketed as 'better for you' is almost
certainly not.
*Bee Wilson*
A wonderful and fascinating exposé of ultra-processed food, edible
substances with strange sounding ingredients which are manufactured
by some of the wealthiest companies on the planet and which,
worryingly, form an increasing part of our diet. As Chris shows,
not only have these foods been formulated to ensure that we eat
them constantly and without thought, but they hijack our ability to
regulate what we eat, primarily by affecting our brains. And he
backs up his claims with a powerful self-experiment, along with
lots of rigorous and often shocking research. Reading this book
will make you question what you eat and how it was produced
*BBC presenter and bestselling author of The Fast Diet*
Packed with "I never knew that" moments, Ultra-Processed People is
a wonderfully playful book that changed forever how I think about
what I eat and why
*Hannah Fry*
Everyone needs to know this stuff
*Tim Spector, author of SPOON FED and FOOD FOR LIFE*
An engrossing, infuriating read. Ultra-Processed People makes most
fictional villains look quaint. Read it and fight back!
*Rob Delaney*
A much-needed, eye-opening exposé. Beautifully written, each page
reveals hidden truths and asks you to re-think and re-connect to
food in a way that has been lost for decades. Truly
mind-blowing!
*Megan McCubbin*
The past 10 years has seen an inflection point in human history,
where more people in the world are now dying of eating too much,
than of eating too little. This urgent and captivating read digs
deep into one of the huge reasons, the rise and rise of
ultra-processed food'
*Giles Yeo*
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