This report by Bite Back investigates the 10 biggest global food and drink businesses operating in the UK and looking at their sales of packaged food and drinks products. It found that the majority of the biggest food and drink manufacturers – 7 out of 10 — rely on selling unhealthy products in the UK.

Researchers find that daily energy expenditures are greater in developed populations challenging the hypothesis that decreased physical activity contributes to rises in obesity with economic development, based on 4,213 adults from 34 populations across six continents and a wide range of lifestyles and economies. Instead, our results suggest that dietary intake plays a far greater role than reduced expenditure in the elevated prevalence of obesity associated with economic development.

This book Investigates alternative healthcare that uses traditional dietary foods, plant-derived materials, and extracts to treat diabetes. It describes scientific studies using modern-day biomedical techniques. 

This report by Nesta, authored by the UK government’s former food policy advisor Henry Dimbleby and public health expert Dr Dolly van Tulleken, draws on interviews with former prime ministers, health secretaries and other senior ministers to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle to UK’s obesity crisis.

Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. Biltekoff argues industry efforts to correct public misperceptions through science-based education have consistently misunderstood the public's concerns, which she argues are an expression of politics. 

It provides a comprehensive coverage of subjects related to food and addiction, from how the brain processes food reward and the role of the gut-microbiome in addictive eating, the contribution of industry tactics to the creation of addictive foods, and behavioural, neurological, and pharmacologic interventions, as well as the clinical, public health, legal, and policy implications of recognizing the validity of food addiction

The report by the WHO dives into the commercial determinants of noncommunicable diseases and offers guidance to policymakers to take action to curb the efforts of corporate actors pushing unhealthy products in the EU. Products like processed foods and alcohol contribute to millions of deaths each year. This report details the strategies commercial actors use to negatively influence NCD-related policies and how they could be stopped. 

Austin Frerick, an agricultural policy fellow at Yale University, reveals the stranglehold that a handful of companies have on America’s food economy. Through seven case studies of ‘food barons’, it not only shows the reverberating consequences for our health, farmers’ livelihoods and the planet but also outlines a way forward and how a fair, healthy and prosperous food system is possible. 

Poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil delves into the world of food in this collection of short essays that explore the intersection of food and nature; evoking memories through the tastes and smells of food.