24 Feb, 2015
Food Habits Getting Worse Around the World
New York Times | Global Health | DONALD G. McNEI
People in some poor and middle-income countries have healthier diets than those in rich ones, but major Western snack and soft drink makers are targeting children in ways that will damage their health, according to a new series of studies on obesity.
The studies, published last week in special issues of The Lancet and Lancet Global Health on obesity, detailed worsening food-consumption habits around the world. The research also showed how much advertising for junk foods had soared and how few countries had moved to protect their children from it.
