The study showed that Argentinean children are exposed to a high number of unhealthy processed and ultra-processed food (PUPF) ads on TV. It describes exposure of children to unhealthy food advertising.
Is it possible to tackle obesity and undernourishment simultaneously? That’s the question 2017 Research Award Recipient Carly Hayes set out to answer.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for three out of every four deaths in Latin America. Poor diet is increasingly contributing to preventable, premature deaths and illnesses related to NCDs.
The World Health Organization's Global Burden of Disease study predicts that non-communicable diseases linked to obesity will create the greatest disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) by 2030.
There is little evidence to show whether the policies and voluntary agreements with the food industry set up by Brazil's government to support healthy eating are having the desired impact.