It's the equivalent of putting the tobacco industry in charge of developing policies to fight cancer.
The Guardian reveals that Britain's ConDem government plans to invite McDonalds, KFC, PepsciCo and Kellog's to help overhaul Britain's health policies on obesity, alcohol and diet related disease.
This comes after the British Government announced the most severe cuts in public spending since the great depression of the 1930s. While inviting fast food giants to address health policy, Britain is planning tens of thousands of redundancies across the health sector with a program of massive cuts.
One thing for sure is you can bet the corporations will recommend against having any robust legislation to combat obesity, alcohol abuse and diet related diseases. And they will tell the British government not to impose taxes and raise the price of junk food.
This development is a worry because it might signal future directions taken by other governments around the world where state intervention will be replaced with corporate action.
If Britain is setting the example, public interest will come second.
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