What Are We Feeding Our Kids?

Is ultra-processed food causing obesity in children, and could it even be addictive? Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates as he undergoes a gruelling self-experiment that even shocks the scientists. Across the world, childhood obesity rates have risen tenfold in 50 years. In the UK, 21 per cent of children are living with obesity when they leave primary school - that is the highest it has ever been. Despite decades of trying, why do we seem unable to tackle this problem?

Category

Documentary / Cookery / Health / Special

Original air date

27/05/2021