Discussion: At what point do food become a drug?

While the obesity epidemic is increasing for each day across the globe and new drugs are coming onto the market to combat this problem there seems to be, up until now, only a small discussion around how processed food is created/manufactured. I realise most people, especially on this forum, will but the blame entirely on each individual and while I many times agree I think we need to look at food companies role in this. The reason for this is because my wife recently helped a larger food company with their product and I got some insight into how this is done. They, literally, scan the brains of people while they are eating food to see how they can stimulate it in the most efficient way. While I realise that what you eat is your choice but at what point is this no longer the case? If we know that food is manufactured in a way that will create an addiction at what point do we say that it is no longer only the “eaters” fault but that there are a larger problem. There are many places in society where people can buy nothing but processed food and access to fresh natural food is highly limited. How can we blame people for getting “addicted” to food when that is what it was manufactured to do? At what point do the food seize to be food and is a drug?





Any input into this would be highly appreciated as it is occupying a lot of my mind at this time.

Discussion: At what point do food become a drug?