Who’s to blame for our crappy diets?

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By Leith van Onselen

The Guardian has published an interesting article today blaming clever marketing for tricking consumers’ into over-consuming unhealthy food:

Many of the discrepancies between what the public sees as healthy and how experts define it can be attributed to marketing.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.