Review
The role and challenges of the food industry in addressing chronic disease
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* Corresponding author: Derek Yach derek.yach@pepsico.com
1 Senior Vice President of Global Health Policy, PepsiCo, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, USA
2 Chief Scientific Officer, PepsiCo, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, USA
3 Vice President of Global Nutrition, PepsiCo, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, USA
4 Vice President of Research and Development (Europe), PepsiCo, Walkers Snack Foods Bursom Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 1BS, UK
5 Vice President of Public and Government Affairs, PepsiCo and Co-Chairman International Food and Beverage Alliance, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, USA
6 Director of Heart Health and Global Health Policy, PepsiCo, 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, USA
Globalization and Health 2010, 6:10 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-6-10
Published: 28 May 2010Abstract
Increasingly, food companies play an important role in stemming the rising burden of nutrition-related chronic diseases. Concrete actions taken by these companies include global public commitments to address food reformulation, consumer information, responsible marketing, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and public-private partnerships. These actions are reviewed together with eleven specific PepsiCo goals and commitments that address products, the marketplace, and communities at large. Interim progress on these goals and commitments are discussed as well as constraints hampering faster progress. Further disease prevention depends on increasing implementation of private-public initiatives.