UNHEALTHY DIETS GREATER THREAT TO HEALTH THAN TOBACCO; UN EXPERT CALLS FOR GLOBAL REGULATION
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, called today for a new global agreement to regulate unhealthy diets. “Unhealthy diets are now a greater threat to global health than tobacco. Just as the world came together to regulate the risks of tobacco, a bold framework convention on adequate diets must now be agreed,” he said, speaking on the eve of the Geneva event organized on May 21 by Consumers International to launch their new recommendations:…