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The role and challenges of the food industry in addressing chronic disease

Authors: Derek Yach, Mehmood Khan, Dondeena Bradley, Rob Hargrove, Stephen Kehoe, George Mensah

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2010

Summary

Increasingly, food companies play an important role in stemming the rising burden of nutrition-related chronic diseases. Concrete actions taken by these companies include global public commitments to address food reformulation, consumer information, responsible marketing, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and public-private partnerships. These actions are reviewed together with eleven specific PepsiCo goals and commitments that address products, the marketplace, and communities at large. Interim progress on these goals and commitments are discussed as well as constraints hampering faster progress. Further disease prevention depends on increasing implementation of private-public initiatives.

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Title: The role and challenges of the food industry in addressing chronic disease
Authors: Derek Yach
Mehmood Khan
Dondeena Bradley
Rob Hargrove
Stephen Kehoe
George Mensah
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-6-10

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