GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments must work with industry to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and dangerous fats targeted at children to tackle an epidemic of obesity and other diseases, health officials said on Friday.
The call is part of a focus on combating non-communicable diseases -- cancer, diabetes, heart and lung disease -- that are a growing cause of premature death in poor countries.
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