Soft food and obesity

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A Harvard anthropologist says soft food is sabotaging the battle against obesity. He argues that the modern diet is too over-processed and spongy. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from The World’s science correspondent David Kohn.

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  • John J

    I was very interested in this news story, and I would like to learn more about soft foods. Actually what I am interested in is “hard” foods, or at least non-soft foods. What sorts of foods could be substituted for soft foods? Is brown rice better than white rice? Or is it just cooked rice in general that is the problem. How can I find out more?