date:Oct 15, 2012
e move comes as food and beverage companies seek to preempt tougher regulation due to the global obesity epidemic by offering healthier products or smaller portions.
The World Health Organisation estimated there were over 42 million overweight children under the age of five in 2010. It says obesity in Europe is already responsible for up to 8 percent of health costs and up to 13 percent of deaths.
HIGH IN SUGAR
A study this year by British consumer magazine Which? found that 32 of the 50 top-