Kelly Garton

And it's going to need to happen through sort of a cultural shift as well.

Well, a lot of countries around the world have gone for like a health tax on healthy foods.

Sometimes this is defined as like sugary beverages.

Sometimes they've looked at ultra processed foods and sweetened beverages.

And those types of pricing policies sort of help shift the incentives towards healthier choices.

And they have been shown to improve health.

consumption patterns over time.

There are other policy options, though, that can help to increase the affordability and accessibility of healthy whole foods.

I'm a huge supporter of universal school food programs that serve healthy, hot whole meals to kids across the country every day.

That helps keep packaged snacks out of their lunchboxes.

It helps build their food preferences and

and habits from a young age to really appreciate and prefer cooked meals.

So that's, you know, that's something that the government could be looking at investing more.

People have talked about taking away GST on whole foods and supermarkets the way Australia does.

There are a number of policies that governments can take that would help make whole, minimally processed foods more affordable and accessible.

Yeah, you could say that.

What I'm most tired of is hearing the narrative of personal responsibility and personal blame.

And that's why I think this study is really important because

It just proves that having a diet that's high in ultra-processed foods is not because of weak willpower or we just have to educate people better and they'll make better choices.

No, it's a system that is designed to make us consume more than we would otherwise and to make us continue to consume more.