Trade Liberalization Linked To Obesity In Central America

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 22:21 in Health & Medicine

Since trade liberalization between Central and North America, imports and availability of processed, high-fat and high-sugar foods have increased dramatically. Researchers link this influx of American junk food to a "nutrition transition" in Central American countries, with a growing burden diet-related chronic disease.

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