Fwd: [Food-news] Report on World's Largest Food Companies: Diet, Health and Physical Activity

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> *Editor's Note: ** **Follow the link below to view a

> report released

> this month on the food industry and health

> commitments. **In 2004, the

> WHO (World Health Organization) called for the

> reversal of trends

> related to poor diet, physical activity and health

> **(http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/en/)**.

> In light of these

> concerns, **a research team at City University's

> Centre for Food Policy

> in London reviewed health-related activities of the

> 25 largest food

> retail, manufacturing and food service companies.

> The report provides an

> overview of spending on marketing, R & D investment,

> stances on diet,

> nutrition and physical activity, policy commitments

> to " healthy product "

> offerings and product labeling among other things.

> On the whole, this

> review finds commitments on the part of these

> corporations to be weak

> thus far. Recommendations for action are directed to

> the WHO, national

> governments, corporations, civil society,

> researchers and investment

> bodies. *

>

>

http://www.city.ac.uk/citynews/archive/2006/04_april/04042006.html

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