The deep pockets of obesity science
How the ultra-processed food industry uses scientific research to undermine public policy, shift the focus and promote consumer habits “We really thought that it would be …
Big Food occupies university seats in Brazil’s health regulation agency
Researchers aligned with the private sector act in groups that subsidize the formulation of public policies, succeeding in guaranteeing a majority for corporations. The federal body …
Coca’s Happiness Factory is in the Brazilian Amazon. And is not cool
How the corporation and Pepsi receive at least US$ 2 billion a year in credits for taxes that have never been paid, and how a senator …
How Latin America became the terror of Big Food
Warning signs, taxes, official guidelines against junk food: the region is leading an unprecedented political agenda in an attempt to contain the obesity epidemic. But reaction …
Big Food targets Brazilian researcher
Scholars and publications with financial ties to the industry reinforce their artillery against Carlos Monteiro (in image), a USP professor who showed us that a bag …