Dr. Chris van Tulleken
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The sort of, oh, well, we need to fiddle around the edges of policy and kind of make a, you know, put a salt, fat, sugar warning on foods. It's like, no, there has to be a spectacular kind of revolutionary thinking and really imaginative policy proposals. I have to say, lawsuits are going to be the way forward. So we've seen, and I think you've helped with this, there's been a complaint...
The sort of, oh, well, we need to fiddle around the edges of policy and kind of make a, you know, put a salt, fat, sugar warning on foods. It's like, no, there has to be a spectacular kind of revolutionary thinking and really imaginative policy proposals. I have to say, lawsuits are going to be the way forward. So we've seen, and I think you've helped with this, there's been a complaint...
The sort of, oh, well, we need to fiddle around the edges of policy and kind of make a, you know, put a salt, fat, sugar warning on foods. It's like, no, there has to be a spectacular kind of revolutionary thinking and really imaginative policy proposals. I have to say, lawsuits are going to be the way forward. So we've seen, and I think you've helped with this, there's been a complaint...
A 16-year-old boy, he was 16 at the time, now he's 19. It's not a class action yet against some of the biggest, all the major food companies you can name, brought by a small group of lawyers who I've been speaking with. I think you've spoken maybe with them too.
A 16-year-old boy, he was 16 at the time, now he's 19. It's not a class action yet against some of the biggest, all the major food companies you can name, brought by a small group of lawyers who I've been speaking with. I think you've spoken maybe with them too.
A 16-year-old boy, he was 16 at the time, now he's 19. It's not a class action yet against some of the biggest, all the major food companies you can name, brought by a small group of lawyers who I've been speaking with. I think you've spoken maybe with them too.
Lawsuits are going to force discovery and that's going to expose documentation that whatever all the conflicted academics say about the evidence around UPF, it's just going to be the company documents that are like, yeah, no, we invented all this stuff so that people couldn't stop eating it. It's all going to be there, black and white.
Lawsuits are going to force discovery and that's going to expose documentation that whatever all the conflicted academics say about the evidence around UPF, it's just going to be the company documents that are like, yeah, no, we invented all this stuff so that people couldn't stop eating it. It's all going to be there, black and white.
Lawsuits are going to force discovery and that's going to expose documentation that whatever all the conflicted academics say about the evidence around UPF, it's just going to be the company documents that are like, yeah, no, we invented all this stuff so that people couldn't stop eating it. It's all going to be there, black and white.
I mean, the complaint you can download, I'll send you a link that your listeners can download because it's a great, great, great summary of the evidence. You know, lawyers are incredible at assimilating evidence. I was surprised they decided to pick ultra processed food.
I mean, the complaint you can download, I'll send you a link that your listeners can download because it's a great, great, great summary of the evidence. You know, lawyers are incredible at assimilating evidence. I was surprised they decided to pick ultra processed food.
I mean, the complaint you can download, I'll send you a link that your listeners can download because it's a great, great, great summary of the evidence. You know, lawyers are incredible at assimilating evidence. I was surprised they decided to pick ultra processed food.
To me, the easy case to start with would be sugar, that it is an obscenity that a can of high sugar cola doesn't have a warning about tooth decay on it. So I'd keep it to that straightforward. No one disputes that sugary drinks rot teeth.
To me, the easy case to start with would be sugar, that it is an obscenity that a can of high sugar cola doesn't have a warning about tooth decay on it. So I'd keep it to that straightforward. No one disputes that sugary drinks rot teeth.
To me, the easy case to start with would be sugar, that it is an obscenity that a can of high sugar cola doesn't have a warning about tooth decay on it. So I'd keep it to that straightforward. No one disputes that sugary drinks rot teeth.
It's like these kids, none of these kids have teeth. And it's a- And we think, oh, it's only teeth, but it's like this is a major course of sickness and suffering in low-income communities and across the United Kingdom. My country famously struggles with its teeth and has for a long time because of our sugar intake. So that to me would be the...
It's like these kids, none of these kids have teeth. And it's a- And we think, oh, it's only teeth, but it's like this is a major course of sickness and suffering in low-income communities and across the United Kingdom. My country famously struggles with its teeth and has for a long time because of our sugar intake. So that to me would be the...
It's like these kids, none of these kids have teeth. And it's a- And we think, oh, it's only teeth, but it's like this is a major course of sickness and suffering in low-income communities and across the United Kingdom. My country famously struggles with its teeth and has for a long time because of our sugar intake. So that to me would be the...
the easier avenue, but the complaint as they've made it is very persuasive. Whether it will win, I don't know. I mean, the first cigarette lawsuits didn't win either, but eventually, you know, there's a drip, drip, drip. And I think there's more and more attorneys general that are focusing on this.
the easier avenue, but the complaint as they've made it is very persuasive. Whether it will win, I don't know. I mean, the first cigarette lawsuits didn't win either, but eventually, you know, there's a drip, drip, drip. And I think there's more and more attorneys general that are focusing on this.