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“Big Food,” the consumer food environment, health, and the policy response in South Africa [1]

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Corinna Hawkes and colleagues provide a perspective from South Africa on the rise of multinational and domestic food companies, and argue that government should act urgently through education about the health risks of unhealthy diets, regulation of Big Food, and support for healthy foods.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2012
Ehimario U. Igumbor [2], David Sanders [3], Thandi R. Puoane & et al [4]
PLoS Medicine [5]
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Tags:
Fast Foods [6], Food Process Industry [7], Soft Drinks Industry [8], Health Effects [9], Obesity [10], South Africa [11], Heart Diseases [12], Diabetes [13], Cancer [14], Non Communicable Diseases [15], Nutrition [16], Consumption Patterns [17], Child Health [18]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-sanders
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/thandi-r-puoane-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soft-drinks-industry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heart-diseases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/consumption-patterns
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health