The world is getting fatter, sicker

Governments, industries gang up against WHO s plan

Lobbies use the old trick

Reducing obesity the leading cause of non communicable diseases in the world has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the multi trillion dollar sugar and food industries. Standing up for them is the US government, and supporting it i

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The increasing popularity of a high-fat, high-protein diet proposed by the late nutrition guru, Robert Atkins, is eating into multinational company Unilever's profits. The Atkins diet allows people

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