#130 Ultra-Processed Food, Christmas Ads, & What Does “Parasocial” Mean?

This week the team look at the alarming news that ultra-processed food is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a colossal threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.

The findings, from a series of three papers published in the Lancet, come as globally people are increasingly consuming UPF such as ready meals, cereals, protein bars, fizzy drinks and fast food.

Next up the team discuss what the general theme of this year’s Christmas adverts says about the wider psyche of the nation. Read more in this Business of Fashion article.

And in Trending, Adrienne looks at the word parasocial which has been aannounced as Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year.

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