Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

Preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases through countering unopposed marketing of unhealthy foods

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

17 Oct 2018

Preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases through countering unopposed marketing of unhealthy foods

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on unopposed marketing of unhealthy foods, the link between marketing and childhood obesity, and the most commonly used marketing techniques in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Fact sheet Nutrition and food safetySocial determinants of health Unhealthy diets

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