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"Heat and eat" prepared meals, Sandra Lee style dump 'n' mix recipes, fast food...it's not really that difficult to imagine. Especially once you factor in the disproportionate caloric density of a lot of processed foods.
ETA: This corresponds closely to Pollan's stricture about eating food, as opposed to "edible food-like substances," but the structure of the study gives it some credence.
"Heat and eat" prepared meals, Sandra Lee style dump 'n' mix recipes, fast food...it's not really that difficult to imagine. Especially once you factor in the disproportionate caloric density of a lot of processed foods.
