Description
We’re told what we eat is a personal choice, but is it? From the engineered addictiveness of ultra-processed food to the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, gendered expectations and deep health inequalities, this panel asks the questions the food industry would rather bury.
Milli Hill, author of Ultra Processed Women, Dr David Cox, neuroscientist and author of The Age Code, and Nureen Glaves, chef, public health nutritionist and founder of Feed Me Good, come together to challenge one of the biggest myths in food culture.
Expect a frank, wide-ranging conversation about power, access and what it really takes to change the way we eat.
Ultra-Processed Women: The Lies We’Re Fed About What We Eat and How to Break Free
Milli Hill
Shop on WaterstonesAbout the Authors
Nureen Glaves
Nureen Glaves is a public health nutritionist and chef with over 26 years’ experience across food, nutrition, and community health sectors. Her work combines systems thinking with deep community insight to deliver culturally grounded, preventative healthcare for women, particularly women of colour.
As a Black, disabled, and neurodivergent Founder and CEO, Nureen brings lived experience to everything she builds, ensuring health education is inclusive, practical, and rooted in real life. She is currently completing a Master’s in Public Health at UCL, focusing on gut health and obesity through a cultural lens, making food, nutrition, and fitness more accessible.
Dr David Cox
Dr David Cox is a specialist health and medical journalist. He has a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Cambridge, and has covered all aspects of healthcare over the past decade, with a particular focus on nutrition and the ongoing revolution in ageing science. He writes regularly for newspapers, broadcasters and magazines including The Telegraph, The Guardian, BBC, The Times, WIRED, NBC News and the New Scientist. His work is often discussed on TV and radio programmes around the world, and he has been shortlisted 14 times for various journalism awards. The Age Code, a two-year investigation into the science behind what we eat and how well we age, is his first book.
Milli Hill
Milli Hill is a writer and journalist exploring the female experience. The Positive Birth Book, is considered to be one of the UK’s leading pregnancy guides, whilst other titles include Give Birth Like a Feminist, My Period and Ultra Processed Women. Hill’s fifth book, The Body Myth, will be published in 2026, and her work has been translated into seven languages. Hill also writes the bestselling Substack WHAT ABOUT WOMEN.
About the Chair
Peg Alexander
Peg Alexander is a Leeds-based, award-winning broadcaster, presenter and journalist working across television, radio, podcasts and live events. A former politician, public policy professional and charity CEO, she is an expert in people-powered change and currently leads a non-profit network supporting people in debt. Her first book, a travel-inspired memoir, is forthcoming.
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