A Pennsylvania teen who developed Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease by age 16 is suing the companies that made the food he’s grown up eating, claiming the companies intentionally develop addictive food and market it to children.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Bryce Martinez by Morgan & Morgan, alleges that companies including Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Mars, PepsiCo, and others strategically designed research around the brain’s positive response to chemicals to make their products addictive. It accuses the companies of using the same techniques as tobacco companies.
