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US allows health agency to boost global campaign on healthy eating
Geneva, Switzerland - The United States joined 31 other countries in approving a boosted global campaign for healthier eating habits and exercise which is aimed at cutting heart disease and other chronic illnesses.
The move by the World Health Organisation's (WHO) executive board will allow the global strategy on diet, physical activity and health to be submitted to a full assembly of the agency's 192 member states in May for approval.
Activists and medical experts had feared the US would oppose the resolution because of pressure from some branches of the food or soft drinks industry, which might be challenged by attempts to cut down on sugar, fat and salt content.