Manufacturing epidemics: the role of global producers in increased consumption of unhealthy commodities including processed foods, alcohol, and tobacco.
Stuckler, David;
McKee, Martin;
Ebrahim, Shah;
Basu, Sanjay;
(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: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235
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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.