Big Food's Ambivalence: Seeking Profit and Responsibility for Health.

• Autores: Tjidde Tempels, Marcel Verweij, Vincent Blok
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 107, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 402-406
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article, we critically reflect on the responsibilities that the food industry has for public health. Although food companies are often significant contributors to public health problems (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes), the mere possibility of corporate responsibility for public health seems to be excluded in the academic public health discourse. We argue that the behavior of several food companies reflects a split corporate personality, as they contribute to public health problems and simultaneously engage in activities to prevent them. By understanding responsibility for population health as a shared responsibility, we reassess the moral role of the food industry from a forward-looking perspective on responsibility and ask what food companies can and should do to promote health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]