
{"id":15247,"date":"2023-09-15T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/?p=15247"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:41:13","slug":"popkin-featured-in-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/popkin-featured-in-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Popkin featured in The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Barry Popkin was featured in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/sep\/14\/snack-attack-how-the-west-exported-unhealthy-eating-to-africa-and-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em> this week in an article about the rise of snacking and ultra-processed food consumption in African and Asian countries. He drew on his years of research on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3257829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nutrition Transition<\/a>, the rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(19)32497-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">double burden of malnutrition<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/obr.13366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">global spread of ultra-processed foods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/sep\/14\/snack-attack-how-the-west-exported-unhealthy-eating-to-africa-and-asia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Guardian article webpage\" class=\"wp-image-15249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ.png 995w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ-350x324.png 350w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ-768x711.png 768w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ-864x800.png 864w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ-42x39.png 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Guardian_page_popkinQ-65x60.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Popkin was featured in The Guardian this week in an article about the rise of snacking and ultra-processed food consumption in African and Asian countries. 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