
#428: Food Environments
Sigma Nutrition Radio
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Corporate Social Responsibility - The Third Kind of Strategy
In a healthy, functioning society where the private sector does not dictate the public health, what you would have is public health officials and people with relevant experts deciding policy. That's not what happens in our country - industry are there at every step of the way to frustrate obfiscate. And one way that they do this is through corporate social responsibility. This is right out of the tobacco industry play book,. They'll promote physical activity but down plays effect of sugar sweetened beverages. The next minute you're down in a tube station, there's a big jilstee sign with a drawing of a burderand so one of the problems within this is that industry has a seat at
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