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How harmful is food fear mongering?

We’re all well used to being told what we should and shouldn’t be eating, and the latest food...

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14.18 15 Oct 2025


How harmful is food fear mongering?


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14.18 15 Oct 2025


We’re all well used to being told what we should and shouldn’t be eating, and the latest food boogeyman is UPFs, or Ultra Processed Foods.

You likely won’t have to spend too long on social media to come across an influencer in a supermarket telling you why eating one product or another would be terrible for your health.

But, could the fear mongering itself be even more harmful?

Richie Kirwan is Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University. He joins Seán to discuss.


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