Highly Palatable Foods (HPFs)
Processed food engineered to be irresistible with fat, sugar, and salt.
Definition
Processed and engineered-to-be-irresistible snacks and meals using the devil’s trifecta of fat, sugar, and salt.
Why it matters
These are the foods built to beat satiety signalling. Naming them as engineering rather than temptation is most of the point of the Big Food chapter.
Also called
HPFs
Source: this entry is drawn from “Big Food” in FAT BITCH: Killing the Willpower Myth by Cat Clark (UNLIT Publishing, October 15, 2026). The full chapter has the context this page does not. Get on The First Copy List and we send the order link the day it goes live.
None of this is medical advice. It is educational material drawn from FAT BITCH: Killing the Willpower Myth by Cat Clark, and it does not replace your prescriber, your pharmacist, or your actual doctor. If something here does not match what your care team told you, go with your care team and bring this along to the conversation.