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Sugar Industry Tries To Block World Health Initiative on Obesity

  • May 19, 2004

The sugar industry lobbyists are seeking to stall a U.N. campaign against obesity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) chronic diseases account for nearly 60 percent of the 57 million deaths a year worldwide that are deemed preventable. According to the World Heart Federation, 1.1 billion adults and 22 million children under age five are obese worldwide, with over-eating or poor eating habits replacing malnutrition as a health problem in many developing nations. This is...