Fast food pushing up US obesity

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 12 years ago
Health groups are urging stricter controls on junk food advertising, to help prevent children from choosing fattening foods.

The call came at a week-long obesity conference in Sweden, which ended on Thursday.

Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York, where economics play a big role in Americans' food choices.

[July 15, 2010]

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