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Boyd Swinburn

Auckland
As seen in: Bangalore Mirror, Color Research & Application, Nature, Wiley, Wiley Online Library, Yahoo News Australia, Educational Studies, Manawatū Standard, MDPI, Stuff.co.nz and
Prof of Population Nutrition & Global Health, University of Auckland; Honorary Professor, Global Obesity Centre, Deakin University
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Unhealthy ultra-processed foods are designed to make us crave them and eat more

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By Kelly Garton, Boyd Swinburn
| Scroll.in Verified
Consumption of ultra-processed foods – including soft drinks, snacks and ready meals – is growing worldwide, despite evidence they are unhealthy. Ultra-processed foods make up about 70% of packaged food products on supermarket shelves, and even more in convenience stores. In our new research, we explore how companies that produce these foods play on human nature to make such products seem the easiest, most rewarding and compelling option.
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The pandemic that governments aren’t doing anything about

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By Boyd Swinburn
| Inkl
Comment: We are familiar with the rise and fall of the Covid-19 pandemic playing out over months and years, but we have been living through a pandemic which has been playing out over decades. That is, an obesity pandemic, a pandemic which governments all over the world seem reluctant to do anything about. A pandemic is distinct from an epidemic. The latter describes the rise and fall of a disease over time within a population.
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Obesity has risen in all countries — but at a faster pace in poorer ones

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By Boyd Swinburn
| Nature Verified
NEWS AND VIEWS 13 May 2026 Trajectories of obesity prevalence over the past 45 years reveal patterns of growth, plateau and decline that differ across high-, middle- and low-income countries. Obesity is a pandemic, meaning that its prevalence has been increasing in almost every country over the past few decades.
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