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'Junk Food' hurting World Economy? - A Report by The UN

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The United Nations recently released an interesting and relevant report: It states that junk food is hurting the world economy with lost productivity and escalating health bills accounting for as much as 5% of the world economy or $3.5 trillion. The UN report suggests that investment in food health is likely to bring about substantial returns with regard to productivity and health care costs. In fact the report states that improved nutrition is likely to yield a cost benefit ratio of 13:1, a ...

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