Editorial: Le Monde

• Evidence continues to accumulate on the harmfulness of ultra-processed foods in our diets, but policies to combat health problems caused by junk food are not adequate.
• Excessive consumption of fatty, sugary, salty, or ultra-processed foods amplifies the risk of chronic diseases.
• Ultra-processed foods increase the likelihood of developing various types of cancers, inflammatory, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, and hormonal disturbances.
• The cost to society of diseases related to poor diet is enormous, emphasizing the urgency of implementing prevention policies.
• Instead of holding individuals accountable, action should focus on the food supply. The solution involves better accessibility to healthy foods and higher taxation on junk food.
• Agri-food multinationals employ tactics to discredit scientific discourse and produce biased studies, while insisting on the 'right to pleasure' of the consumer in opposition to narrowing individual freedom.

Conclusion: The truth is that junk food, through the diseases it causes, destroys more value than it creates for society, and it's time to take action.

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