Saving your bacon: healthy-eating policy evolves

<p>Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying <u><a href="economist.com/international/2026/10/08/nagging…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new ways</a></u> to get citizens to eat well, from scary labelling to taxing the junkiest foods. Will it work? The death of a <u><a href="economist.com/europe/2026/10/06/the-plague-may…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">plague researcher</a></u> in Russia is made more mysterious by the government’s resolute lack of transparency. And a tribute to <u><a href="economist.com/obituary/2026/10/08/cyril-hilsum…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cyril Hilsum</a></u>, the inventor behind ubiquitous flat-screen displays. </p><br><p><em>Watch extended clips from Insider <u><a href="economist.com/interactive/insider/previews?utm…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></u>.</em></p><br><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Slavea Chankova, health-care correspondent</li><li>Alex Turner, defence editor</li><li>Ann Wroe, obituaries editor</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>diet, public health, health policy</li><li>Russia, plague, bioweapons</li><li>Cyril Hilsum, liquid crystals, flat-screen displays</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—<u><a href="subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Economist</a></u>.</em></p>

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