UN launches all-out attack on non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer

Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:31 UTC

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The United Nations launched on Monday an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes with a summit meeting devoted to curbing the factors, like tobacco and alcohol use, behind the often preventable scourge that causes 63% of all deaths. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
One key - and under-discussed - part of becoming 'Developed' is the change of diet that accompanies it.

Fast food - often called 'junk food' - is intimately associated with the worldwide explosion of Type 2 Diabetes.

Because the giant food producing companies have a strangle-hold on the spending characteristics of populations becoming 'developed' and FAT, a UN programme that overtly links junk food to the disease s of obesity would only do good.

I have a feeling, however, that McDonalds is a lot more powerful than most nations (CFK, etc, come to mind) and that the fast food companies could easily destroy the UN if it started working 'against their interests'.
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