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June 19, 2012 PLoS Medicine have a new main series of seven articles on
the next three weeks , titled "Big Food" , which examines the impact of
the food and beverage industry in public health.
An argument between PLoS and guest editors in new product launches reports writing the series in the fact that multinational food and beverage not been adequately discussed or raised skepticism regardless of their growing impact on the program global health and its role in the obesity crisis . According to the editors of PLoS Medicine :
" The food , unlike snuff and drugs, is necessary for life and is essential for health and disease , however, large multinational food companies control what people eat around the world , resulting an austere irony and sick . D' billion people on the planet go hungry , while two billion are overweight or obese . "
The major food and beverage companies also play an important role in the global health scenario re -branding their companies as " nutrition companies " and market their people as experts in malnutrition , obesity .
and even poverty in major conferences and meetings of the United Nations - but its main purpose is to improve profitability through the sale of food editors and posed the question:
"Why do the global health community is this acceptable and how those conflicts play out ? "The series is three weeks to address these issues and discuss the role of food industry in the field of health.
Marion Nestle of New York University and David Stuckler of the University of Cambridge , the two guest editors of the series of the journal PLoS Medicine that the public health response created Food great so far as a "failure " and state "
public health professionals must recognize the influence of the great food in the world food system is a problem, and take steps to reach a consensus on how to engage critically ...
[which ] also should be given high priority to nutrition as they do on HIV , infectious diseases and other health threats . "Nestler and Stuckler follow:
"They should support initiatives such as the restrictions on marketing to children , improved nutrition standards for school meals , and taxes on sugary drinks. The public health approach should be non-profit in alignment with Great Food public health goals .
Without a concerted direct action to expose and regulate the interests of Great food , epidemics of poverty , hunger and obesity are likely to be more acute . "
An argument between PLoS and guest editors in new product launches reports writing the series in the fact that multinational food and beverage not been adequately discussed or raised skepticism regardless of their growing impact on the program global health and its role in the obesity crisis . According to the editors of PLoS Medicine :
" The food , unlike snuff and drugs, is necessary for life and is essential for health and disease , however, large multinational food companies control what people eat around the world , resulting an austere irony and sick . D' billion people on the planet go hungry , while two billion are overweight or obese . "
The major food and beverage companies also play an important role in the global health scenario re -branding their companies as " nutrition companies " and market their people as experts in malnutrition , obesity .
and even poverty in major conferences and meetings of the United Nations - but its main purpose is to improve profitability through the sale of food editors and posed the question:
"Why do the global health community is this acceptable and how those conflicts play out ? "The series is three weeks to address these issues and discuss the role of food industry in the field of health.
Marion Nestle of New York University and David Stuckler of the University of Cambridge , the two guest editors of the series of the journal PLoS Medicine that the public health response created Food great so far as a "failure " and state "
public health professionals must recognize the influence of the great food in the world food system is a problem, and take steps to reach a consensus on how to engage critically ...
[which ] also should be given high priority to nutrition as they do on HIV , infectious diseases and other health threats . "Nestler and Stuckler follow:
"They should support initiatives such as the restrictions on marketing to children , improved nutrition standards for school meals , and taxes on sugary drinks. The public health approach should be non-profit in alignment with Great Food public health goals .
Without a concerted direct action to expose and regulate the interests of Great food , epidemics of poverty , hunger and obesity are likely to be more acute . "
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