Food industry is focus of science magazine series

[bunkie]

Food industry is focus of science magazine series

http://www.latimes.com/health/booste...,1033728.story

Multinational food corporations have a growing influence on the health of people around the world, including obesity, and their actions need greater scrutiny, according to an editorial Tuesday in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine.

The editorial kicks off the journal’s three-week series looking at what it calls “Big Food.” The first articles, and the editorial, criticize not just the food companies but also officials charged with protecting public health.

“The big multinational food companies control what people everywhere eat, resulting in a stark and sick irony: one billion people on the planet are hungry while 2 billion are obese or overweight,” the editorial says.

Although the companies’ primary goal is to make a profit, “the perspectives and experiences of Big Food are shaping the field of global health,” the editors say.

The editorial notes that food company executives provide expertise at major conferences, offer knowledge of food science and distribution and take part in public-private partnerships....

[Nastarana]

I saw that article as well. Looks it is going to be an intersting series. I hope it will become available on the internet.