Sun, Jul 22, 2007 - Page 17 News List

Supersize us

While McDonald's has responded to obesity concerns in the US, public health bodies in Taiwan do not believe it is doing enough for the problem in Asia

By Ron Brownlow  /  STAFF REPORTER

He added: "Food manufacturers and purveyors, I think, need a legislative framework, they need consumer organizations and they need commercial pressures to behave responsibly and ethically in relation to people's health and well-being. By and large these forces do not operate in Asia."

Cheng Jen-hung at the Consumer Foundation says that after next month, this situation will change.

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