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Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Health Policy and Politics at Lehigh University Eduardo J. G\\xf3mez chats with Trey Elling about JUNK FOOD POLITICS: HOW BEVERAGE AND FAST FOOD INDUSTRIES ARE RESHAPING EMERGING ECONOMIES. Topics include:

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• The book\'s inspiration (0:52)
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• Why he focused on Mexico, Brazil, India, Indonesia, China, and South Africa (4:10)
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• What he means by \'junk food industry\' (5:15)
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• How junk food politics is a two-way street (6:21)
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• How the junk food industry is operating on its own fear (7:22)
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• NAFTA\'s influence on the rise of junk food consumption in Mexico (10:33)
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• Why these countries\' presidents allow junk food to sway public health policy (12:19)
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• Whether Mexico\'s soda & junk food tax has helped (16:09)
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• Coca Cola exploiting feminism in India (18:18)
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• Why junk food consumption exploded in Brazil in the mid-1990s (19:49)
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• Junk food\'s influence on Brazil\'s Zero Fome public health campaign (23:11)
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• The role of India\'s agricultural sector and food production in its junk food problems (25:59)
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• India\'s history of malnourishment harming parents\' perception of what makes for a healthy kid (27:33)
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• India\'s attempts to limit junk food around schools (29:55)
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• Coca Cola\'s roller coaster historical relationship with China (33:11)
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• Snacking as a reflection of China\'s unique history (35:20)
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• Big Junk Food\'s blatant marketing to kids in China (36:36)
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• Coca Cola embedding itself into China\'s academic community (38:40)
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• Nelson Mandela\'s initial hostility toward Coca Cola in the early 1990s (39:49)
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• Indonesia unique relationship with junk foods& beverages (44:06)
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• The Indonesian government\'s revolving door problem (46:29)
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• A country that does a good job combatting junk food politics for the good of public health (47:22)
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• Whether Eduardo is optimistic or pessimistic about the future (52:12)
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