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Abel James Show

Shawn Stevenson: Why Big Food Uses Cartoon Characters to Manipulate Us

Abel James Show

Abel James

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you put a cartoon character on processed food? Marketing has deep and profound effects on our perception, and food manufacturers use tactics like these to get us to crave, buy and consume more ultra processed food.

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0:00.0

Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the show.

0:05.0

Does printing a cartoon character on the front of a box of cereal change the way that it tastes?

0:10.7

The answer is a resounding yes.

0:13.0

Marketing has deep and profound effects on our perception

0:17.0

and food manufacturers use tactics like these

0:20.0

to get us to crave, buy, and consume more and more ultra processed food.

0:25.6

Returning to the show today is our friend Sean Stevenson, creator of the Model Health

0:30.7

show and USA Today national best-selling author of Eat Smarter and

0:35.8

Sleep Smarter, as well as his new book, The Eat Smarter Family Cookbook.

0:40.6

As usual, Sean brings the heat. Stay tuned. but before we get there if you'd like to get our seven day wild meal plan for free

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