Show threadWilliam Lindsey 6d ago

"There is an entire class of hyper-elite who are selling you stuff they know is terrible. The McDonald’s CEO just made it obvious."

#UltraProcessedFood #UPFS #JunkFood #McDonalds #children #AI #SocialMedia #EconomicElites
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 6d ago

"The McDonald’s moment is an informative one, and a good reminder: The very wealthy corporate leaders who sell you things like McDonald’s hamburgers are not eating that stuff themselves The very wealthy tech entrepreneurs who hawk social media apps and AI tools are not giving their own kids unlimited time online."

#UltraProcessedFood #UPFS #JunkFood #McDonalds #children #AI #SocialMedia #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey 6d ago

"It was the bite heard round the world: McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski posted a video to Instagram of him trying his company’s new offering, the Big Arch, an ultra-processed sandwich he aptly described as 'the product.' He was not lovin’ it. The bite was barely a bite — more of a tentative nibble. 'That is so good,' he said — but it did not look so good."

~ Jill Filipovic

#UltraProcessedFood #UPFS #JunkFood #McDonalds #children #AI #SocialMedia #EconomicElites
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https://www.throughline.news/p/the-lesson-from-the-mcdonalds-ceo

The Lesson From the McDonald's CEO Who Couldn't Eat His Own Burger

People are getting very rich selling your kids products they'd never touch.

Throughline by Jill Filipovic
Charles ShouldFeb 16

Home cooking and minimally processed foods best for weight loss, study finds

#UPFs are #FoodIndustry shit .

People lose more weight if they cook minimally processed food from scratch than if they eat ultra-processed and ready-made foods, according to the first study to establish a clear link between ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and weight.

Stop the influence of multinational food companies in shaping unhealthy food environments.

#Health

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/04/home-cooking-and-minimally-processed-foods-best-for-weight-loss-upf-study-finds

Home cooking and minimally processed foods best for weight loss, study finds

Dieters in trial lost twice as much weight when avoiding ultra-processed ready meals with as much nutrition

The Guardian
Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧Feb 3
⚠️ “Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like #cigarettes than #food” – study #UPFs are made to encourage #addiction and consumption and should be regulated like #tobacco, say researchers from Harvard, the University of Michigan and Duke University. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Ultra-processed foods should b...
Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

UPFs are made to encourage addiction and consumption and should be regulated like tobacco, say researchers

The Guardian
Bildungsstätte SchabernackJan 23

Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🎉
Gestern konnten wir die Streitschlichtungsausbildung für unterstützende pädagogische Fachkräfte erfolgreich abschließen.

Die Kursreihe startete im Juni 2025 und wurde vom Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung (IQ M-V) des Ministerium für Bildung und Kindertagesförderung MV in Kooperation mit uns durchgeführt.

#streitschlichtung #bildung #schule #upfs #fortbildung #mediation

Alison BladhJan 23
Real food is not a “diet” 🥗✨ It’s how your body was designed to be fuelled
#RealFood #Nutrition #HealthyHabits #BloodSugarBalance #MenopauseHealth #WomenOver40 #upfs
Show threadUniversidadxClimaNov 25
of one or more conditions.
It calls for urgent, coordinated global policy action to regulate #UPFs, including front-of-package labeling with UPF markers, stricter marketing restrictions—especially for children—taxes on UPFs to fund fresh food subsidies, bans in public institutions, while emphasizing that the responsibility lies less with consumers and more with powerful transnational corporations that drive #UPF production & resist regulation
Show threadUniversidadxClimaNov 25
A new three-paper series published in #TheLancet by 43 international experts warns that the global rise in ultra-processed foods #UPFs is a major #publichealth threat, driving an escalating burden of chronic diseases & reshaping diets worldwide
The series presents strong evidence linking UPF consumption to overeating, poor diet quality, increased risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, early death, with 92 out of 104 reviewed studies reporting greater risks
UniversidadxClimaNov 25

#Ultra-processed foods – what’s the impact?

In a new #Lancet Series, experts warn a global rise in #UPFs presents a growing #publichealth threat.

Read the evidence & policy recommendations ⬇️

http://spkl.io/63327AduhR

@thelancet.com

https://bsky.app/profile/thelancet.com/post/3m5yhuobefx2d