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Multinational Food Companies Getting Brazil Hooked on Junk Food

Thousands of door-to-door vendors for Nestlé reach a quarter-million households in Brazil. Public health experts new methods of global food production, distribution and advertising is contributing to a new epidemic of diabetes and heart disease, chronic illnesses in areas that previously were afflicted with hunger and malnutrition a generation ago. "What we have is a war between two food systems, a traditional diet of real food once produced by the farmers around you and the producers of ultra-processed food designed to be over-consumed and which in some cases are addictive."  -- Carlos A. Monteiro, a professor of nutrition and public health at the University of São Paulo. SEE MORE ... How big business got Brazil hooked on junk food https://t.co/rD0ZpUZGRQ — CNBC (@CNBC) September 18, 2017