Global efforts to promote health face serious challenges from ‘big business’ – UN official

Chris Engel 6/16/135:27 PM

"Dr. Chan told participants that today, getting people to lead healthy lifestyles and adopt healthy behaviours faces opposition from forces that are “not so friendly.”

“Efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases go against the business interests of powerful economic operators. In my view, this is one of the biggest challenges facing health promotion,” she stated.

“It is not just Big Tobacco anymore. Public health must also contend with Big Food, Big Soda, and Big Alcohol. All of these industries fear regulation, and protect themselves by using the same tactics.”...

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45129#.Ub5UAL7n_IU

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