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# How Cereal, Sugar, and Big Business Rewired Our Diets
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/human-footprint/extras/how-cereal-sugar-and-big-business-rewired-our-diets-eatbtg/
- Published: 2025-06-03T18:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T18:47:40.000Z
- Description: Shane and Michael Moss examine how processed food took over our shelves — and our willpower.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Human Footprint, #ZZZ_Show_920c28e7-cc8d-4bd4-a6a1-1d54d80cf6c8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_9bd7b1a5-ca53-4d33-94ae-33f31c66e7a3, #extra

Shane joins Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss joins to uncover how cereal sparked the rise of processed foods — and the billion-dollar marketing machine behind it. From sugar-loaded breakfasts to Big Tobacco’s food empire, this segment reveals how modern diets were engineered to override our willpower.