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→Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food
''See also:'' [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]]
''See also:'' [[Rational Media Board of Director and RationalWiki Moderater User: Spud, and ultra-processed/unhealthy/junk food]]
On April 27, 2023, the Rational Media Board of Director and Moderater User: Spud wrote:
On April 27, 2023, the Rational Media Board of Director and Moderater User: Spud wrote:
In response to his post, RationalWiki editor Bob M responded "Count me in."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544332&oldid=2544331 Revision as of 13:14, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo), Bob M (talk | contribs)]</ref>
In response to his post, RationalWiki editor Bob M responded "Count me in."<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki:Saloon_bar&diff=2544332&oldid=2544331 Revision as of 13:14, 27 April 2023 (edit) (undo), Bob M (talk | contribs)]</ref>
According to numerous peer-reviewed [[medical science]] journals, ultra-processed food (often called merely processed food by laymen and others) poses numerous, serious health risks.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/ Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'', 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.</ref> PubMed has over 1,800 medical journal articles related to the health risks of ultra-processed/processed food.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=processed%20food PubMed search results for the keyword "Processed food"]</ref>
According to ''Newsweek'', "Since 2012, some schools in California, New Mexico, and Illinois have banned the hot [[Cheetos]] due to their lack of nutritional value, and, well, messiness."<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/these-snacks-other-food-items-are-banned-us-1539229#:~:text=Flamin'%20Hot%20Cheetos&text=Since%202012%2C%20some%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%2C%20well%2C%20messiness. These Snacks and Other Food Items Are Banned in the US], Newsweek, 2020</ref>
The ''New York Post'' wrote concerning Doritos:
{{Cquote|Steven A. Witherly, a [[food science|food scientist]] and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods.
To maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat. With that ratio, it feels like the chip melts on your mouth and your brain is tricked into thinking the calories have vanished too. This is called “vanishing caloric density” and it comes with cotton candy too, for example.
To boot, there’s the three artificial colorings which research shows consumers are attracted to.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>}}
According to numerous peer-reviewed [[medical science]] journals, ultra-processed food (often called merely processed food by laymen and others) poses numerous, serious health risks.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/ Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review], ''International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'', 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.</ref> PubMed has over 1,800 medical journal articles related to the health risks of ultra-processed/processed food.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=processed%20food PubMed search results for the keyword "Processed food"]</ref>
The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>
The nutrition website Nutritionix indicates that it takes 2 hours and 24 minutes of walking (or 51 minutes of running at 6 miles per hour) to burn off the calories in a Dairy Queen cheeseburger and that it contains 535 calories.<ref>[https://www.nutritionix.com/food/dairy-queen-cheeseburger Dairy Queen cheeseburger]</ref> According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>
=== Trent Toulouse (one of the founders of the website RationalWiki) and obesity ===
=== Trent Toulouse (one of the founders of the website RationalWiki) and obesity ===