Is the food industry to blame for the high obesity rates worldwide?

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I s the food industry to blame for the high obesity rates worldwide?.

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Agenda. Obesity is Not a Disease of Sloth and Gluttony.

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Background. In 2020 39% of the adult global population were overweight (Pitras, 2021) 600 Million people were obese in 2020 (Pitras,2021) By 2030 it is predicted that globally at least 1 billion people in the world will be obese (World obesity) Food industry is manufacturing and advertising poor-nutrient based products..

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Sources Overview. ENDEVR (2021) conveyed a study comparing nutritional facts of Mcdondalds and KFC in France and India Food Industry takes advantage of low income countries where there is no regulation.

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Sources Overview. Food Industry is marketing highly-processed foods with low price farming inputs. (Hall, 2018) Substantial effort to Market products targeting adults, adolecents and children (Harvard, 2020) Food companies in some countries are left to regulate themselves (ENDVR, 2021).

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Discussion. The Food Industry alone is not to blame There is no public awareness on how to properly nourish the body Developing countries need to become stricter.

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