SLT Chat: Designing Food to Make Us Unhealthy
- Kelly McFarland
- Mar 31
- 1 min read
In this chat, we look at the history of junk food, its design, and how it is marketed - all foundational causes of the current health crisis seen in ultra-processed foods through looking at the 2013 Michael Moss article, The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food: https://web.archive.org/web/20130301012241/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html/
While this chat focuses on the Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food by Michael Moss, these are some additional sources that were referenced in the recording:
Mighty Pursuit | 2025 Pulitzer Prize Journalist: Food CEOs Had A Secret Meeting https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8v8MNL6v1-0
American Academy of Pediatrics | Media and Children: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/?srsltid=AfmBOopYVWX8n4B9dw4AEEH5nVDg8SDkTu-IH5DSRehRVa8E4vZslUx8#:~:text=Today's%20children%20are%20spending%20an,phones%20and%20other%20electronic%20devices
Monalisa, Frongillo, Blake, Stake, & DiPietro | 2023 NIH Study Strategies elementary school children use to influence mothers’ food purchasing decisions: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10483942/
Kim Bhasin | 2012 Business Insider Dr. Pepper’s Product Genius Explains How New Soda Flavors Are Created: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-dr-pepper-develops-drink-flavors-2012-9
Tiffany Nieslanik | 2025 National Geographic How junk food outsmarts our brains – by hiding in our memories: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/junk-food-cravings-brain-memory
Yale Rudd Center | 2014 Rudd Report Food Marketing FACTS in Focus: Kraft Lunchables: https://uconnruddcenter.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2909/2020/09/RuddReport_Lunchables_4_14.pdf
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