Ministers focus fight against obesity on junk food
17th Nov 2006, 00:01 GMT
ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - European and Central Asian ministers agreed on Thursday to try to make healthy food cheaper and curb junk food adverts aimed at children in a bid to reverse a galloping obesity trend.
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