OECD CALLS FOR EMERGING MARKET ANTI-OBESITY POLICIES
November 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has called for emerging market governments to act against rising obesity levels, lest they rival those in rich mature food markets. The Paris-based think-tank has released analysis in the medical journal The Lancet that claims obesity levels in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa are rising. It says: "Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are pushing obesity rates rapidly toward those seen in [developed world] countries, where half of the population is ...
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