Ultra-processed foods and behaviour in kids
3/20/202645 min
There's been major buzz in recent years over ultra-processed foods and whether they may be harmful to our health. A new study out of Canada has measured what toddlers eat and how much of it is ultra-processed - and then followed up two years later to examine the behavioural outcomes of those same children.
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[upbeat music] ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music, and more [upbeat music] It's hard to get your loved ones to change their habits, let alone change world history.
Sisonke Msimang0:12
But that's exactly what happened with apartheid [crowd cheering] And the demonstrator has run right through the play Australians and millions of others took a stand and helped to bring the racist South African regime to its knees. I'm Sisonke Msimang. And join me for Boycott: The Fight to End Apartheid. ABC Rewind: Boycott. Search for ABC Rewind on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts We seem to start every Health Report talking about your cooking- [laughs] ...
Norman Swan· Host0:43
and nutrition choices. It's get- I'm getting a bit, you know, shirty about this [laughs] It's interesting 'cause you're the one who chooses what we talk about. Well, we're a team.
Priya Alexander· Host0:52
You're trying to imply it's me, Norman Swan.
Norman Swan· Host0:53
[laughs] We're a team. Don't sh- put responsibility. [laughs] We're, we're a team about this. So let's come clean. Today we're gonna be talking about ultra-processed foods and a really interesting study which relates it to children's behavior, which is what a lot of people think has been really con- Hmm ... controversial. But that's just one of the topics that we're gonna be talking about today on The Health Report I'm Priya Alexander on Wurundjeri land. And I'm Norman Swan on Gadigal land.
Priya Alexander· Host1:19
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