Anti-Obesity Plan Drafted

Anti-Obesity Plan Drafted

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: May 22, 2004


GENEVA, May 21 ‹ After months of negotiations with sugar-producing
countries, the World Health Organization reached tentative agreement on
Friday on a set of recommendations to help millions of people avoid
obesity and other chronic diseases through a healthy diet.

The recommendations include strictly limiting fat, salt and sugar.


The plan was requested by governments to help them set health policies
to combat rising rates of obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer and
diabetes, which the W.H.O. says account for 60 percent of the world's
deaths.

The World Health Assembly, an annual meeting of the world's health
ministers in Geneva that sets W.H.O. policy, is expected to endorse the
recommendations on Saturday.

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