Ultra-processed foods are not accidentally irresistible. How companies calibrate sugar, fat and speed of delivery to keep you coming back. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

Every year a bill arrives: healthcare spending, lost productivity, disability and early deaths. What the true cost of obesity looks like, and where it comes from.

Humans have always processed food. So when did it become about shelf life, scale and repeat consumption? How ultra-processed foods were born. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

There is nothing new about junk food ads. How ultra-processed food companies market to children where they live, learn and play, and the policies that work.

Behind the curtain, the ultra-processed food industry pulls invisible strings: lobbying, stalling regulation and framing the debate. An illustrated story in three acts.

UNICEF's Child Nutrition Report 2025 shows how ultra-processed food and drink brands exploit children, from cartoons and free toys to advergames and influencers.

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing what people eat. How food and beverage companies are responding, and the nutrition questions that remain. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

Childhood obesity is surging, yet it was left out of the MDGs and the SDGs. Why obesity is still a policy orphan in global health. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

Asking for food policy free of conflicts of interest is not a ban on junk food. How Big Food uses the straw man fallacy to fight regulation. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

Tobacco and Big Food race for the title of world's leading preventable cause of death. How the food industry borrowed Big Tobacco's playbook. Illustrated by Sarah Zahr.

No masks, no broken glass: a heist story about how ultra-processed food companies infiltrate children's lives, and the countries that locked the vault.

Burger Corp., Soda Inc. and Cereal Puffs Holdings stand trial for deceiving the public and manipulating children. An illustrated courtroom story by Sarah Zahr.

A leaked marketing manual on building brand loyalty from the earliest age: mascots, cartoons and bright packs. How food marketing targets young children.

Big Food engineers the problem, Big Pharma sells the solution. The NOVA classification, Novo Nordisk and who shapes what we know about ultra-processed food.

The US froze foreign aid for 90 days. What USAID does, who relies on it, and what the cuts mean for nutrition and health in low-income countries.

Super delicious, super convenient, super cheap. Why ultra-processed foods are designed to keep us eating, and what the food industry means by stomach share.

Food insecurity keeps rising even in high-income countries, and it is not by accident. How food systems built to sell ultra-processed food leave people hungry.

Food companies champion clear labels until the labels start telling the truth. Danone, Nutri-Score and the pattern of convenient compliance followed by backoff.

War and violence are key drivers of food crises. How conflict cuts food availability and access, and why children in conflict zones face the greatest risk.

In emergencies, unsafe water makes formula feeding risky for babies. Why blanket distribution of formula milk can do harm, and how breastfeeding can be protected.