Barry Popkin
Dr. Barry Popkin is a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, known for his research on dietary habits and health outcomes. He has been a vocal critic of recent government initiatives that he views as superficial efforts to address the chronic health crisis in America, arguing that changes to food products are merely cosmetic and do not address the underlying issues related to diet and health.
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Popkin is the W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Your grocery store is a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do
United States· 2025-12-14
Barry Popkin is a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
How America Got Hooked on Ultraprocessed FoodUnited States· 2025-10-16
Barry Popkin from the University of North Carolina emphasizes that education alone is not enough if the social environment continues to promote poor choices.
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Indonesia· 2025-10-14Barry Popkin is a distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina who expressed disappointment in the final MAHA report's lack of regulations.
MAHA’s ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ report ignores root causes of poor childhood health, experts sayUnited States· 2025-09-13
Dr. Barry Popkin, a professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, criticized the changes as performative.
‘It’s just PR’: Skittles, Hershey and Nestle are removing artificial colorsUnited States· 2025-08-04
