The corporate influence on food charity and aid: The "Hunger Industrial Complex" and the death of welfare.

ABSTRACT: There is an existing literature on how food companies, including the unhealthy food commodity industries, influence policy through a number of approaches. Direct approaches include lobbying and funding of research. Backdoor or indirect tactics used by food companies to demonstrate engagement include funding community groups, tactics previously used by the tobacco industry. Food industry support for food charities engaged in food donations is an area that has not received attention. This is another backdoor approach and one which may compromise more general public health policy. It is no surprise that the companies that engage in this can be largely fall under the rubric of unhealthy food commodity industries. This link is sometimes referred to as the "hunger industrial complex" and

SUBMITTER: Caraher M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9437921 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature