the food companies it's not just the nestle's and then gnomes and cokes and pepsis it's the food retailers it's the wal marts and chorus fours it's the agribusinesses are huge the control all the supplies of commodities and then it also the marketers it's all the advertisers making money from marketing junk food and beverages to people so work talk about a mess of manson's component of our society is focused on selling the world unhealthy foods and beverages. food multinationals have a secret weapon price the products they sell are up to 60 percent cheaper than fresh foods because shoppers with the smallest budgets stuck on. these low income consumers sitting ducks are the primary victims of the system.

the food industry says it's your fault but the reality is they've changed the whole food environment they've created a food environment where every place you turn if it's on your smartphone if it's on seeing a billboard it's seeing any kind of advertisement it's watching television or movies you see their junk food being pushed. the manipulation starts with the children. the. scientific studies show there is a direct link between the ads children see and the types of food they like to eat. the world health organization recommends regulating food commercials on t.v. but the industry is ingenuous it infiltrates new areas like social networks or online games. slick marketing hides the fact that

junk food causes one of the most devastating diseases that exists diabetes. today it kills one person every 6 seconds around the world. 25 years ago if i told you that i have an 18 year old patient in my clinic with type 2 diabetes you would have said oh my gosh it's incredible it's so rare it's so strange. now it's very commonplace that young people children have type 2 diabetes . but. we're like fighting a war at home. it's heartbreaking it's unfair it's unjust people are making money off of this suffering it's preventable it's it's dehumanizing to ignore it it's inhumane to ignore it.

one of every 2 african-american children will develop diabetes one of every 5 african-american children is obese the rate is even higher among hispanics. a young woman spoke out and triggered a rebellion. likely to kill slaves today i decided to write to me maybe it's in my day to day gun birth members a 1000000 things that are now and never sugar flour sugar karjakin it to toast more sharply how to hash through times corn syrup sugar down on the 40 grit. i heard a young woman who was 16 at the time and she performed a poem that even now we made made the hair on my arms stand up. and for the 1st time i saw

a young person describing the obesity and diabetes epidemic as a social problem and i realized that she in a way is a much more effective messenger than i ever could be. but that is the perhaps even i'm glad that by the light. is light still is. dean schillinger is cordoning the energy. his nonprofit youth speaks holtz writing workshops for young people in the bay area. he wants to use rap and spoken word to raise consciousness and for it food industry propaganda. this idea that they were being lied to. that's what inspired them to become change agents that's what turned their pom from being a piece of art into

a weapon. armed with talent and a video camera they launched an awareness campaign called the bigger picture. so for me each one of those films as a stone. that we were throwing at. the water hole and trying to see which one could make the biggest way. i want to resume. my daily routine was to wake up home walk to the bus stop pass an exam the liquor stores cash crop by past the 1st burger king as the name for the 2nd burger king or of my favorite hash browns a lost again brown body. and i don't know if we love guy ritchie i just love not being hungry. written and performed chiefly by young hispanics and african-americans the videos garnered over a 1000000 views on you tube. meanwhile

3000 miles away on the east coast another activist has risen up and commandeered a podium to tell a community it is being decimated and how. this is a crisis in our community and for me it's a crisis because i'm finding that i'm losing more people to sweets than i am to the streets and i'm losing more people took diet related issues that i am to the streets to gun violence this is an epidemic and one that i'm deeply concerned about . or already in his combat against this evil reverend coats is not inhibited by the conventions associated with his calling. this can of soda pop right there are 30. grams of sugar. 39 grams of sugar in one can of soda now how

many teaspoons of sugar is that anyone know how. almost 10 disposes i say want to see how much that is and maybe a half. this is how much sugar. is in just one drink right. and our children are getting pre-diabetic by the ages of 19. borderline diabetes by the time to 30 years old and we are sabotaging the entire generation of hot people because of sugar pastor william more of an delman coats at mount annan baptist church in clinton maryland are suing coca-cola and the american beverage association. writers do this. the warhead moved to the courtroom down in code stand to sick the law on the coca-cola corporation.

we know that the consumption of sugar in these products exceed the american heart association what are you asking for from coca-cola well what do you want this company when you want coca-cola to end their deceptive marketing practices they have spent $120000000.00 in 5 years between 201-2015 falsely advertising their products. the multinational retaliated by accusing the pastors of freedom of speech violations. and after suing for legal expenses a threat with several $1000000.00 coca-cola now demands that the king's speech drop . coca-cola statement. the allegations here are likewise legally and factually meritless and we will vigorously defend against them the allegations are that coca-cola misled

about the science of sugar sweetened beverages because several of their executives went the press and made statements like there is no link between sugar sweetened beverages and diabetes we know that is not the case. for over 20 years the soft drink industry has denied any link between its products and disease to maintain the illusion it employs all sorts of methods. since 2015 coca leaks has revealed that the lobby puts pressure on journalists keeps discredit on studies it dislikes finances favorable research and hobnobs with political leaders. to ensure those results contact was established within the senate we will actively campaign to register that a soft drink tax is discriminatory regressive and will not address the challenge of obesity we have commissioned the economic institute to complete

a study which will prove inefficiency of such tax it will be ready in 15 days which will give us another tool to communicate both to the media and to avoid it gains ground within the party. appointed to serve as a scientific expert by the city and county of san francisco dean schillinger must untangle the truth from falsehood when we did the analysis of these studies we found that every study that found that there was no association between sugary beverage consumption and obesity diabetes was funded in some way by the industry. where's among all the studies that found that there was an association between the consumption of soda and sugary beverages and obese and diabetes except for one were independently funded so we now know and there's other evidence that industry as ben . influencing very deeply the medical and scientific establishment to create controversy over the question of whether their products cause disease.

to junk food and history is cornered all over the globe activists are demanding tighter legislation to protect consumers the battle has now become political. in the 30 years since warning labels and other forms of regulation were placed on tobacco over 1000000000 the lives have been saved. so that's a pretty good day at the office for people who make policy. cohen and one of her fellow supervisors have made san francisco the 1st u.s. city to declare war on sugary sodas. when people realize how much sugar they're consuming in one can of soda they stop

and they think so we had testimony right here in this chamber of doctors of nurses of researchers that talk to us about the effects of sugar in our body and it was through these ongoing dialogues for years that we came up with that idea to begin to tax sugary beverages. imposing a tax is virtually revolutionary in the united states the industry range it's sad speech the line but the government was interfering with grocery shoppers the beverage the sugary beverage and history came out they hired lawyers they hired lobbyists they found people within the community to come out and say please don't tell us what to eat or what to drink this is not a nanny state we want to make decisions on our own they spent millions of dollars as a matter of fact they outspent us almost $6.00 to $1.00 great i can decide what to buy without government help the government is just getting too involved in our

personal lives tell the candidates government. health advocates were able to mobilize citizen protests against the recalcitrant industry we're going to. this bad doctors and politicians lining up outside of san francisco city hall framing the sugar sweetened beverage debate as the people vs big soda you no longer can think back and let the big go to end street target and hurt our community. the tax was finally voted in. the victory was bitter. when san francisco moved to require health warnings on soda containers like the ones on cigarettes the soft drink lobby sued once again and won on appeal. the warning labels were shelved. the same method had been used in new york city when mayor michael bloomberg

suggested a loan limiting the size of jumbo soda sold in restaurants. bloomberg was mocked as a scolding nanny and the courts ruled in the end just respond ever. in this faceoff between corporate freedom and consumer protection freedom once again seem to be the private property of the most powerful i represent a part of san francisco that was emigrate people people who speak english as a 2nd language people who live in subsidized housing public housing tenements and the one thing that we all had in common was that we were dying from preventable diseases dying and you know it was just really hard to accept. and

thing like people didn't care the industry didn't care they continued to target their money and their resources to get people addicted so that they become wealthier. we sweeten the world's died because the markets no longer were growing in europe in

the u.s. so coke and pepsi and all the clones all the local companies that do the same thing exploded their marketing and in the lower middle income countries mexico was the 1st country to be colonized by these agribusiness conquerors. today 73 percent of the population is obese or overweight 10 percent have diabetes which has become the primary cause of death. that can see attention of the whole world focused on mexico to figure out why the rate of obesity and overweight has sort of. sugary imperialists attacked one of mexico's greatest treasures its cuisine valued by unesco as part of our world heritage.

the consumption of fruits and vegetables dropped by 30 percent because consumption of beets fallen by 50 percent in 20 years in 14 years consumption of sweetened beverages has grown by 40 percent. and making in mexico there are one and a half 1000000 places to buy soft drinks and junk food. which of them. is for public health it's a criminal situation where the police are. nothing else. each mexican drinks a whopping $144.00 quarts of soda per year on the average a world record. in a country that elected a former coca-cola executive to the presidency challenging the food industry might appear to be impossible but not for a $100.00 qalqilya. is the perfect day for here we are in front of the ministry of

health with a frankenstein symbolizing the monstrous obesity prevention policy created in collusion with the junk food and soft drink industry. out of a small consumer advocacy group and the under organized the resistance. he found a precious ally with them the health ministry itself simon back era i researcher in nutrition i do not have that 2 different visions are at war one is public interest health policy and the other is economic interest who is going to win. because we're right. it took 11 years of fierce struggle battling censors who rejected clip after clip before the researcher and the activist finally succeeded in taxing sodas and junk food in mexico. it was the 1st soda tax in north america east opposite to them what the tax is really effective

because in the 2 years that followed consumption of sweetened beverages fell in mexico it in the world's largest consumer of soft drinks in with and it went down to 4th place where. encouraged by the success of the tax 20 associations joined the effort led by kelly oh and back era they demanded a nutritional labeling system and they also hope to raise the tax from 10 to 20 percent. apparently these demands were unacceptable to mysterious nameless opponents. your theme is i got a message on my mobile. a text with a link joy i clicked on the link. in the i would hear it took me to the website of mexico city's main funeral. making. and those understood it is

a death threat. seymour simon your daughter and they cited her name has had an automobile accident and she is at the hospital in critical condition for further information click here. so i mean your daughter is just had an accident it is very serious come quickly she's been taken here. police are still trying to identify the suspect who sent this threatening text. me now i live in paradoxical times other merchandise can easily cross borders in danger and local producers and junk food is conference the world barriers are raised to keep human beings out the. eat eat eat was yes 6. the revolution came from

a country at america's southern tip chile despite the fact that for 30 years it has been the darling of free market enthusiastic the anti obesity movement is led by a senator. for years he has been fighting to dislodge his people from their rank as 3rd world wide in overweight and obesity. if he thought he handled yeah i was called the devil in one newspaper editorial a devil persecuting those poor corporations they have tried to discredit us but if they have threatened us and assaulted us i miss you but if we were not intimidated by pinochet called we will not be intimidated by the multinationals no matter how powerful they may be. in the past several years senator greedo girardi a former pediatrician has attracted the industry's ire he has been a fearless crusader in public health protection. first he braved billionaire

president sebastian pinera as official detail then he had to overcome the industry's campaign to denigrate him. finally the law passed in 2016 it was the type of pawn agribusiness dreads most it would inevitably the 1st right we gain with this law is the right to know who we created labels that tell you at a glance whether the product contains excessive sugar salt fat or calories. in seconds you're informed if we wanted something a 6 year old child could understand. that if it were products that bear a warning label are banned from television commercials because we refuse to have trash advertised on television they're also banned from online advertising that they cannot contain toys or stickers they are banned from using those sneaky ways to grab children's attention. to be with. the

police in the newest fraudulent advertising violates the human rights of children and all the united nations treaties that are supposed to defend children's rights and health. we accuse these corporations of pedophilia because they abuse children that is why i have had extremely violent conflicts with some of them. what the industry argued that the legislation would be ineffective and would penalize the poor but only 2 years after it would into effect i virtuous circle for . the 2nd good news is that many of the products we thought it would be impossible to reformulate because the industry told us that it was technically impossible are now made with less sodium and less sugar. the industry itself says that 20 percent of its products have been reformulated for certain categories of products if the improvement is even greater from this viewpoint it really is

a success. let us say you have a look at. chemical company. in that same 18 month we saw a 25 percent reduction and purchases of sugary beverages in chile. that's unprecedented and we're seeing a large reduction of all the ultra processed junk foods as well. that is the 1st time we've saved the glimmer of a country that life changed the norms toward healthy eating. the chill a in food revolution has inspired action in neighboring countries peru has instituted the same labels and iraq way is about to do so and dramatically mexico is joining them its new president and congress have just passed new legislation requiring the same kind of labeling was chilly when you're. on the other side of

the atlantic the contrast is striking europe's nutri score labeling is fairly tenet compared to the black labels in chile only a few countries have adopted it and it is not even mandatory. but he's back in 20102011 the european union debated instituting a clear mandatory labeling system of course the corporations opposed the measure by their own admission they spent over 1000000000 euros lobbying to remove the mandatory stipulation. another winning strategy for corporate interests in germany has been to play the role of allies in the fight against obesity. this commercial produced by a supermarket chain promises a commitment to promoting healthy foods to help children make their dreams come true. but is it really wise to trust the industry.

and a wave of overweight and obesity the size of a tsunami is headed for germany but politicians refuse to admit it it is hard to understand how such a highly developed country can be so backward when it comes to prevention at least as. does hurt him but the corporate lobbies are extremely powerful in germany and. even today economic interest is invariably a higher priority than public health up here but. the german government counts on the industry's ability to regulate itself it does not impose either taxes on sugary beverages or restrictions on advertising. it is estimated that by 2040 about 12000000 germans will have to have babies this is tragic.

the challenges of our times are clustered in obesity. and explosion of chronic diseases and dangers health care systems. market leviathans limit action on government policy. capital intensive agriculture drives the junk food juggernaut. the whole sugar peddling mass market food industry wants to addict us to cheap empty calories that lead to chronic disease. let's refuse to obey.

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