Manufacturing epidemics: the role of global producers in increased consumption of unhealthy commodities including processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco.
David Stuckler;
Martin McKee
;
Shah Ebrahim;
Sanjay Basu;
(2012)
Manufacturing epidemics: the role of global producers in increased consumption of unhealthy commodities including processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco.
PLoS medicine, 9 (6).
e1001235-.
ISSN 1549-1277
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235
In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, David Stuckler and colleagues report that unhealthy packaged foods are being consumed rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, consistent with rapid expansion of multinational food companies into emerging markets and fueling obesity and chronic disease epidemics.
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383750 (OA Location)
- 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235 (DOI)
- 22745605 (PubMed)
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