In 2001, then-Surgeon General David Satcher issued a landmark statement that obesity had reached epidemic proportions in America. The country began to react, but slowly.
Industry may soon have to pay a lot more for the water it uses. The Union government is in talks with various state governments to draft a model Bill that would lead to a multi-fold increase in water charges for industry, senior government officials told Business Standard.
Fifteen months after moving into a new town, house and job, Michelle Obama is defining her role as first lady by taking on the $600 billion food and beverage industries in a quest to end childhood obesity within a generation.
Alliance, Likely To Be A 50:50 JV, May Initially Consider Wellness Packaged Water
THE proposed Tata Tea-PepsiCo joint venture for noncarbonated, health and wellness beverages is believed to be exploring the low-cost, bottom-of-pyramid segment of beverages.
HARDLY a week goes by without a food brand announcing a health initiative as they seek to position themselves as a force for good in the fight against obesity.
