![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe we are aware of the situation, and so we equip ourselves with whatever tools we can: we read blogs, download the latest label-reading apps, follow influencers who analyze different products. We rebel against the idea that our alleged freedom of choice is only a mirage. It is not easy to realize what is going on, or to accept just how vulnerable, how easily influenced we can be even if no one is pointing a gun at your head, the decision to put a jumbo bag of chips in your cart is not entirely rational. To quote my colleague Laura Caorsi, “the supermarket is hostile territory.” Out there, we are exposed to all kinds of stimuli aimed at influencing the contents of our shopping cart, and it is hard not to end up lost. Food environments that increase the risk of non-communicable diseases and stores where the placement of even the tiniest piece of chewing gum has been carefully studied. Packaging with aggressive attraction tactics. Ultra-processed products as far as the eye can see. ![]()
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