Brazil Hooked on Junk Food
As growth slows in wealthy countries, Western food companies are aggressively expanding in developing nations, contributing to obesity and health problems.
Celene da Silva, 29, is one of thousands of door-to-door vendors for Nestlé, helping the worlds largest packaged food conglomerate expand its reach into a quarter-million households in Brazils farthest-flung corners.
As she dropped off variety packs of Chandelle pudding, Kit-Kats and Mucilon infant cereal, there was something striking about her customers: Many were visibly overweight, even small children.
She gestured to a home along her route and shook her head, recalling how its patriarch, a morbidly obese man, died the previous week. He ate a piece of cake and died in his sleep, she said.
Celene da Silva, 29, is one of thousands of door-to-door vendors for Nestlé, helping the worlds largest packaged food conglomerate expand its reach into a quarter-million households in Brazils farthest-flung corners.
As she dropped off variety packs of Chandelle pudding, Kit-Kats and Mucilon infant cereal, there was something striking about her customers: Many were visibly overweight, even small children.
She gestured to a home along her route and shook her head, recalling how its patriarch, a morbidly obese man, died the previous week. He ate a piece of cake and died in his sleep, she said.
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