NEWSLINK: Fast food conquers Russia, brings obesity

[“Fast food conquers Russia, brings obesity” – ITAR-TASS – Lyudmila Alexandrova – February 18, 2014 – http://en.itar-tass.com/opinions/1676]

ITAR-TASS tries to blame McDonald’s for Russian obesity:

Russia’s first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opened on downtown Moscow’s Pushkinskaya Square in late January 1990, causing unprecedented buzz among Muscovites who formed a multi-kilometer line to taste American fast food.

International fast food came to Russia together with capitalism and quickly captured the Russian market. Now Russian scientists are echoing their Western colleagues: fast food is bad for health, it contributes to obesity. Lawmakers want to restrict its spread, but this will hardly change the situation.

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