A recent article from professors at Virginia Tech and University of Michigan likens highly processed food to tobacco. The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute is among those involved.

Laura Bargfeld
Laura Bargfeld is a multimedia reporter. They recently graduated from Walter Cronkite School
of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. While there, they worked
as a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southwest Health Reporting Initiative
reporting on health disparities. They also participated in the Cronkite Borderlands Initiative and a News21 Investigation of police reform. Before becoming a journalist, they worked in freelance writing and film production.