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For anyone else who doesn't keep up with this, it seems at least some of Chile's efforts[1] have survived the years US food industry lobbying, lawsuits, and adv
by mncharity 6y ago
For anyone else who doesn't keep up with this, it seems at least some of Chile's efforts[1] have survived the years US food industry lobbying, lawsuits, and advertising, and have had some effect.[2] Brasil[3]... perhaps has more pressing problems now.
Global push-back on Investor-State Dispute Settlement seems to have throttled it's growth, and I don't quickly find any cases on food-health regulation (though there's little transparency on threats of cases).
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/health/obesity-chile-sugar-regulations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/health/obesity-chile-suga...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/chiles-drastic-anti-obesity-measures-cut-sugary-drink-sales-by-23 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/chiles-drastic... paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003015 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/16/health/brazil-obesity-nestle.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/16/health/brazil...