The role of the transnational ultra-processed food industry in the pandemic of obesity and its associated diseases: problems and solutions
Policies to control and prevent the pandemic of obesity and related conditions and diseases have failed. This is because the efficient causes of the pandemic have not yet been agreed. We state here that its outstanding immediate cause is the increased and rapidly increasing consumption of ultra-proc...
Main Authors: | Carlos A. Monteiro, Geoffrey John Cannon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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World Public Health Nutrition Association
2019-04-01
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Series: | World Nutrition |
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Online Access: | https://worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn/article/view/621 |
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