OBESITY – CONFECTIONARY
December 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AMERICA realises it has a collective weight problem. And given that 64 per cent of the US population is overweight or obese and the fastest rising group of overweight Americans is children, the confectionary industry is most certainly in the firing line.
The country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put together an obesity task force and a new Senate bill has made its way through committee that would fund services to improve the nutrition of Americans and increase their physical activity.
Confectioners have been affected by the new ...
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