July 3, 2012 - "The obesity crisis is made worse by the way industry formulates and markets its products and so must be regulated to prevent excesses and to protect the public good," according to Kelly Brownell, PhD, Rudd Center Director, in a commentary on the [food and beverage industry][1] for _PLoS Medicine_._
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_PLoS Medicine's_ three-week series on "Big Food" examines and stimulates discussion surrounding the activities of the food and beverage industry in regards to global health issues. The series adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to exploring the role in health of Big Food, which the journal defines as the multinational food and beverage industry with huge and concentrated market power.
[1]: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001254
URL: http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/medical-journal-examines-role-of-food-industry-in-health
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