The US is exporting obesity – and Trump is making the problem worse | Kenneth Rogoff

Pushing processed foods and sedentary lifestyles on the world is jeopardising global health gainsAs Donald Trump’s administration throws sharp elbows in trade negotiations and systematically rescinds regulations introduced by Barack Obama, one casualty is likely to be efforts to fight the global obesity epidemic. Left unchecked, rapidly rising obesity rates could slow or even reverse the dramatic gains in health and life expectancy that much of the world has enjoyed over the past few decad