Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 5
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- The policies of globalization have played an important role in increasing the free flow of unhealthy foods between countries. Changes in the food system are now largely driven by transnational corporations (TNCs), including food and beverage companies and supermarket chains, which have altered diets from traditional and minimally processed foods to ultraprocessed ones. In fact, 75 per cent of the world's food sales constitute processed foods, whose largest manufacturers control more than one third of the global market. TNCs have therefore been a critical link in the transition from minimally processed to ultraprocessed foods. They also greatly influence the sale and consumption of unhealthy foods in comparison to promoting the availability and affordability of healthy foods within the food system.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/31, para. 5.
- Paragraph number
- 5
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