They made us fat. Now they're selling us thin.

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Big Food helped create the obesity crisis. Should the same industry be allowed to profit from the solution? A Matter of Fat is a podcast for anyone who has no idea what they think about weight, bodies and the rapidly changing conversation around them. Hosted by journalist Rose Stokes, who brings 30 years of lived experience with weight and obesity, and Dr Giles Yeo, a University of Cambridge scientist who has spent three decades studying why people are small, medium or large in our food environment, this podcast brings together lived experience and science without pretending to have all the answers. In episode five, Rose and Giles examine how ultra-processed food has reshaped our diets,…