Sweet power: the politics of sugar, sugary drinks and poor nutrition in Australia
- Written by Phillip Baker, Alfred Deakin Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
The sugar industry has a lot of influence over health policy.from shutterstock.com
Unhealthy diets and poor nutrition are leading contributors to Australia’s burden of disease and burgeoning health-care costs. In 1980, just 10% of Australian adults were obese, today that figure is 28% – among the highest in the world.
And yet, as shown...
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