International
group says industry must do more to fight obesity
Obesity
Policy Report
AUGUST 28, 2003
The food industry is beginning to grasp the scope
of the obesity problem, but still needs to "face
up to their responsibility to improve nutritional
health," International Obesity Task Force
chairman Philip James said earlier this week.
"They must do a lot more than just form advisory
councils to do a PR job on their image,"
James said. "They must sit down seriously
to work out how they can help meet the urgent
need to reduce the high fat, sugar and salt content
in a lot of the every day processed foods we consume
so we can transform the dietary health of the
world and in doing so help stem the increasing
burden of weight-related disease such as type
2 diabetes."
James added that the IOTF supports the recommendations
made in the World Health Organization's recent
report on nutrition, and said they should be incorporated
into a "robust global strategy" to beat
back the spread of non-communicable diseases.
"Governments throughout the world should
be making this a top priority," he said.
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