“宣传食品“低脂”或“无糖”都是在误导消费者,类似 1950 年代宣传香烟的过滤嘴是一种保护性创新,实际上几乎没有任何实质性益处。”

很讨厌science washing with half fact half bluffing. 香烟过滤嘴实际不能减少harmful substance exposure 似乎是有研究支持的,不过不是很懂“无糖都是在误导消费者...实际上没有任何实质性益处"的factual basis在哪里?

化学事实就是没有卡路里的食物不升糖,在那里speculate“哦但是这样会让你更想吃甜的东西”,sure,不是很了解数据支持在哪里,糖不是可卡因,人可以不抽大麻活下去,没有人能“不升糖”活下去。

引用的研究有十几屏 只有一段是在讲非香烟和高糖食物的,而且提及的相当tengential,根本不是本文主旨The food industry has adopted nearly identical strategies. Labels such as “low fat” and “sugar free” are widely used to market UPFs that still contain highly reinforcing combinations of ingredients.199我们来看看引用199的结论实际是什么Low-content nutrient claims are a common feature among US household food and beverage purchases, and are more common among RTD beverages than packaged foods. However, low-content nutrient claims are not necessarily reliable indicators of a product’s nutritional quality. When examined collectively, packaged food and beverage purchases with any low-/no-content claim did have lower mean energy, total sugar, total fat, and sodium densities relative to purchases with no such claim, but substantial variation in nutrient density by claim type and within food groups indicates that some claims may have limited utility for certain types of foods or nutrients. A key question for future research will be to examine how these claims affect consumer choice, as well as how claims interact with other common strategies, like sales or price promotions, to influence purchasing behavior and ultimately, dietary quality.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.01.011并不觉得这个引用很准确的表达了原文的意思。。,原文只是说不能片面的看marketing speak或者单方面的“低”而要综合考虑营养质量,完全没有说“健康食品”是噱头

RE: https://mas.to/users/solidotbot/statuses/116007293275373269
@yume Solidot是一个三流的信息摘编媒体,即使起内容大部分是原文的复述翻译也有着明确的误导性,这点倒是不意外
原文(卫报的那篇)核心的观点更偏向于marketing manipulation,而非直接论证UPF is bad:
“Gearhardt said it should be possible to distinguish between harmful UPFs and other foodstuffs in the same way that alcoholic drinks are differentiated from other beverages.”
不过我很好奇营养学家认为包装食物的合理营养摄入是什么,欧盟这边有一个简化的五级营养标注,从A到F依次营养价值降低;超加工的即食食品一般都是D或F也就算了,干意大利面是A是什么意思?纯纯碳水也很有营养价值喽?
@elfile4138 说到底自己负责把)这就像“合理的教育”是什么一样是很玄学的问题,作为个人很多时候只能适应和“够好就行”。包装应该inform而不是manipulate 这个确实

不知道hh 粗看了Wikipedia感觉这个意思是在同类食品里比较?可能跨类并没有可比较性