Food choices aren't made in isolation, they're shaped by the environment around them.

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💡 Restricting the reach of food marketing to children has been shown to reduce their exposure to it, even against continued industry interference.

🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
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📢 In Latin America, marketing tactics like cartoon characters and product placement appeal directly to children, and are linked to poorer-quality diets.

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Processed food is now widely available, affordable and heavily promoted. The food environment has shifted dramatically towards it over the past few decades.

🔗 https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/the-roots-of-obesity
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🛒 #FridayFindings: Food environments shape choice, through price, placement and marketing.

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MEPs highlighted the critical role of #FoodEnvironments in shaping what people eat.

🍐 🫘 🥕 🫛 Only 12% of Europeans eat their '5 a day', while eating fruits and veg daily and a "reasonable” amount of meat (i.e. less than what Europeans currently eat...) will benefit heart health.
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📄 New in Obesity Reviews: exposure to unhealthy food outlets in disadvantaged areas may be deepening socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes. 🔎
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