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Government should be held accountable for its role in addressing obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, in South Africa. Shutterstock

July 30, 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Deakin University; Eric Crosbie, University of Nevada, Reno, and Melissa Mialon, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

The food industry’s tactics are designed to reduce the likelihood of the government adopting global recommendations to tackle obesity.

U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto hold a news conference before signing the USMCA. The deal, if passed into law, poses dangers to public health. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

May 21, 2019

The new NAFTA’s assault on public health

Ronald Labonte, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Courtney McNamara, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University, and Eric Crosbie, University of Nevada, Reno

The collective public health of Canada, the United States and Mexico will take a hit if the new NAFTA becomes law.

Public display in Montevideo, Uruguay, of the toxins found in tobacco. REUTERS/Pablo la Rosa

August 1, 2016

Philip Morris gets its ash kicked in Uruguay; where will it next blow smoke?

Eric Crosbie, University of California, San Francisco and Stanton Glantz, University of California, San Francisco

Uruguay fights tobacco more strongly than many countries 100 times its size – including the U.S. It recently won a battle against Philip Morris. Should others follow the example of this tiny nation?

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