In a recent article entitled. ‘Obesity as a business model: the food industry’s double agenda’ published in Follow the Money, journalists Mathilde de Jeu, Irene van den Berg and The Investigative Desk address the important topic of how corporations manage the entire food market. 
Corporations create health and disease problems for civilisation: ‘Overweight people are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes, some cancers and sleep apnoea. ‘. At the same time, these companies are immediately creating solutions to sell to consumers.
This is a very important publication in the context of uncovering the truth, the lack of transparency, inefficiency and lack of equity in the current food system. It also illustrates the huge shortcomings of legislation, regulation and lack of intervention by decision-makers. Our fundamental right should be access to healthy, ethical and sustainable food: „The consumption of processed food has a major impact on health. In February 2024, an international team of researchers found in the British Medical Journal that people who consume large amounts of processed food are 50% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease. ’.

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