What's Eating Us

Episode 7 - Poor people are bearing the brunt of unhealthy food

African countries are being targeted as the next frontier for the proliferation of unhealthy and disease causing ultra processed foods! This also means that our local small scale farmers who produce healthy whole are being squeezed out the market. Find out more as I unpack with Programmes Manager at HEALA…

28 Sep 2022 18 min

Episode 6 - How children's health is being compromised by the big food industry

Did you know that big food companies are targeting children by advertising their unhealthy ultra processed food that is high in fat, salt and sugar directly to them. This leads to unhealthy eating habits that go into adulthood causing obesity and malnutrition as well as diseases like diabetes and hypertension…

21 Sep 2022 16 min

Episode 5 - How coalition building led to the historic sugar tax

In this episode Maverick Citizen journalist Zukiswa Pikoli discusses how civil society can build coalitions in order to advocate for the availability and accessibility of more healthy food using the example of the historic sugar tax which led to a reduction of sugar in beverages and whether there really is…

14 Sep 2022 25 min

Episode 4 - The myth of 'lifestyle diseases' and what exactly is a 'food desert'

In episode 4 Maverick Citizen journalist Zukiswa Pikoli dispels the myth that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are 'lifestyle diseases' and also looks into the phenomena that is 'food deserts' which refers to an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food with health journalist Laura Lopez Gonzalez and…

7 Sep 2022 16 min

Episode 3 - Delay, Dilute, Delegitimise

Maverick Citizen journalist Zukiswa Pikoli looks at how uncscrupulous big food and beverages companies get around industry regulations and legislation using a tactic called Delay, Dilute, Delegitimise in order to make profit off of unhealthy foods causing malnutrition diseases. Maverick Citizen talks to public health lawyer Safura Abdool Karim, health…

31 Aug 2022 20 min

Episode 2 - The disguised malnutrition stalking our kitchen cupboards

In this episode we discuss the dangers of ultra processed foods like cereals, chips, biscuits, bread and sugary drinks and how they are contributing to our country's malnutrition and obesity rates and how some of them are disguised as 'healthy alternatives' which illustrates the need for effective Front of package…

24 Aug 2022 22 min

Episode 1 - Some of what we eat may be slowly poisoning us

In this first episode we sit down with the head of Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) Nzama Mbalati to find out whether we really know what is in the food that we eat and whether or not it may be making us sick! We also ask whether the average person really…

17 Aug 2022 23 min

What's Eating Us - Food Justice Prologue

Over the past year and a half Maverick Citizen has been working on the often under reported area of food justice which covers areas of food systems, food sovereignty, malnutrition and the right to have access to sufficient and safe food and water particularly for children as envisaged in the…

17 Aug 2022 25 min

What's Eating Us Trailer- OUT NOW

Over the past year and a half, Maverick Citizen has been investigating and writing about the often under-reported area of Food Justice, which covers issues of realising the right to food, food systems, food literacy, big food industry interference in food regulations and the detrimental health impact that ultra-processed foods…

16 Aug 2022 1 min

What's Eating Us Trailer - Coming Soon

On Thursday, 18 August, Maverick Citizen will launch a podcast series that discusses the many areas of Food Justice, titled “What’s Eating Us”. Over the past year and a half, Maverick Citizen has been investigating and writing about the often under-reported area of Food Justice, which covers issues of realising…

11 Aug 2022 1 min