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March 2009 

Battling childhood obesity in the US: An interview with Robert Wood Johnson’s CEO

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey talks about the foundation's campaign against childhood obesity and its efforts to cope with the downturn.

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The Archive

1997

  • February 1997 

    India’s sleeping giant: Food

    Producers should worry less about elite consumers; As Indians’ purchasing power increases, they will demand quality in basic foods; An integrated response can transform the huge inefficiencies into opportunities

1996

  • November 1996 

    Satisfying America’s changing appetite

    Virtually all of the $100 billion increase in annual food sales expected in the United States in the next decade is likely to come from food service. To take advantage of this dramatic shift in eating habits, restaurant operators, packaged-food manufacturers, and the entire US food distribution system will have to make significant changes.

1995

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