WHO urges tougher food marketing rules to curb childhood obesity

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Children rest during a weight-losing summer camp organized by a slimming centre in WuhanBy Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The marketing of unhealthy foods to children has proven "disastrously effective", driving obesity by using cheap social media channels to promote fat-, salt- and sugar-laden foods, the World Health Organisation's Europe office said on Tuesday. The United Nations health agency called for tighter controls on such marketing, saying tougher regulations were crucial to winning the fight against childhood obesity. …

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