Public health and food systems in emerging economies under corporate influence

Abstract

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Noncommunicable diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes have become among the most serious public health challenges of our time, especially in developing countries and emerging economies. Many governments have implemented nutrition education and awareness campaigns, but rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. In Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast-Food Indus­tries Are Reshaping Emerging Economies, Eduardo J. Gómez asks a clear and urgent question: why do these diseases increase despite stated government commitments to control them? . . .