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.