How The Food And Drink Industries Use Big Tobacco's Strategies To Undermine Public Health

From ThinkProgress Tue Feb 12 2013, 15:45:54

The powerful companies in the food, drink, and alcohol industries -- defined as "unhealthy commodity" companies -- are circumventing public health policies by employing the same tactics that Big Tobacco uses, health experts reported on Tuesday. After analyzing the multinational businesses' marketing strategies, researchers concluded the industry needs tighter outside regulation to prevent it from [...]

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