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David Kessler, Former Head of the America's Food and Drug Administration

Dr David Kessler, former head of America's Food and Drug Administration says our brains have been hijacked by processed food and we have a compulsion to eat fat, sugar and salt.

Latest figures show that more than one in three American adults are obese.

Former head of America's Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler is concerned about what we are eating today.

He tells Carrie Gracie that many of us have a compulsion to overeat because he says processed food has hijacked our brains.

Food full of fats, sugars and salts is harming our health and making us obese and Dr Kessler says we have to stop eating them.

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28 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Jun 2010 03:32GMT

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  • Sat 19 Jun 2010 09:32GMT
  • Sun 20 Jun 2010 06:32GMT
  • Sun 20 Jun 2010 14:32GMT
  • Mon 21 Jun 2010 03:32GMT

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