Combining controls on unhealthy foods with policies that incentivise healthy eating and active lifestyles constitute a promising response to rising obesity rates. Addressing public health is a policy mandate for developing countries from both an economic and social point of view. To paraphrase the recent Global Nutrition Report, addressing obesity is a global imperative for releasing the brakes on development.
“Developing countries could get sick before they get rich. Policy can help.” The Conversation, 5 Dec 2017, with Asit K. Biswas.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/asia-is-growing-rich-but-it-is-also-becoming-unhealthier
“Asia is growing rich, but it is also becoming unhealthier.” World Economic Forum, 8 Dec 2017, with Asit K. Biswas.