Hooked

Hooked

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Afghanistan Peace, Hooked, Peer Reviewed Rap

Episode: Afghanistan Peace, Hooked, Peer Reviewed Rap

  • Mar 24, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 32:32 mins

For a long time, public health experts thought that if Americans were better at making healthy food choices, obesity wouldn’t be such a problem. But investigative journalist Michael Moss argues that we humans are wired to crave highly-processed foods. And in his new book "Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addiction," he says that food manufacturers are exploiting that information to keep us eating.