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TIL that a Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, was dropped from delivering a speech on “what the food industry could do to improve public health” - because he exposed the deceptive marketing used by top brands. So he released it on YouTube and got 300,000 views.

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