Medicine & Health

Big Food

Published June 8, 2016 Curated Collections

The PLOS Medicine series on Big Food aims to examine and stimulate debate about the activities and influence of the food industry in global health. We define “Big Food” as the multinational food and beverage industry with huge and concentrated market power. The series adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and includes critical perspectives from around the world. It represents one of first times such issues have been examined in the general medical literature.

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PLOS Medicine PLoS Medicine Series on Big Food: The Food Industry Is Ripe for Scrutiny
June 19, 2012 The PLoS Medicine Editors

Essays

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PLOS Medicine The Impact of Transnational “Big Food” Companies on the South: A View from Brazil
July 3, 2012 Carlos Monteiro, Geoffrey Cannon
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PLOS Medicine Food Sovereignty: Power, Gender, and the Right to Food
June 26, 2012 Rajeev Patel
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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001242

PLOS Medicine Big Food, Food Systems, and Global Health
June 19, 2012 David Stuckler, Marion Nestle

Perspective

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PLOS Medicine Thinking Forward: The Quicksand of Appeasing the Food Industry
July 3, 2012 Kelly Brownell

Policy Forums

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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235

PLOS Medicine Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco
June 26, 2012 David Stuckler, Martin McKee, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu
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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001253

PLOS Medicine “Big Food,” the Consumer Food Environment, Health, and the Policy Response in South Africa
July 3, 2012 Ehimario Igumbor, David Sanders, Thandi Puoane, Lungiswa Tsolekile, Cassandra Schwarz, Christopher Purdy, Rina Swart, Solange Durão, Corinna Hawkes
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PLOS Medicine Soda and Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns: How Do They Compare?
June 19, 2012 Lori Dorfman, Andrew Cheyne, Lissy Friedman, Asiya Wadud, Mark Gottlieb

From the Blogs

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Speaking of Medicine PLOS Medicine’s Big Food Series: Shining a Spotlight on Industry’s Influence on Health – Speaking of Medicine
October 14, 2014 Paul Simpson
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Speaking of Medicine Why PLoS Medicine and Big Food? – Speaking of Medicine
June 19, 2012 Jocalyn Clark
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Speaking of Medicine 3rd and Final Installment of PLoS Medicine series on Big Food – Speaking of Medicine
July 3, 2012 Jocalyn Clark
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Speaking of Medicine Is obesity simply about a lack of “balance”? Why Big Food wants you to be fit – Speaking of Medicine
July 5, 2012 Yoni Freedhoff
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Obesity Panacea » How should public health advocates engage with Big Food?
June 21, 2012 Travis Saunders, Phd, MSc, CEP