Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, David Stuckler and colleagues report that unhealthy packaged foods are being consumed rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, consistent with rapid expansion of multinational food companies into emerging markets and fueling...

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Published in:PLoS medicine Vol. 9; no. 6; p. e1001235
Main Authors: Stuckler, David, McKee, Martin, Ebrahim, Shah, Basu, Sanjay
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - economics
Alcoholic beverages
Commerce
Consumption
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Economic growth
Economics
Epidemics
Fast Foods - economics
Food
Food consumption
Foreign investment
Gastrointestinal surgery
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health
Health aspects
Humans
Internationality
Low income groups
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medicine
Nutrition
Physiological aspects
Policy Forum
Processed foods
Salt
Smoking - economics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tobacco
Tobacco products
Trade agreements
United States
United Kingdom
Economics
Developed Countries
Health
Internationality
Humans
Fast Foods
Commerce
Developing Countries
Alcohol Drinking
Smoking
ISSN:1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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Summary:In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, David Stuckler and colleagues report that unhealthy packaged foods are being consumed rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, consistent with rapid expansion of multinational food companies into emerging markets and fueling obesity and chronic disease epidemics.
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Analyzed the data: DS SB SE MM. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DS MM SB SE. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DS MM SB SE. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DS MM SB SE. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the data.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235