Sugar Industry Tries to Bully World Health Organization

The U. S. sugar industry is threatening to bring the World Health Organization to its knees by demanding that Congress end its funding. The U. N. agency’s sin? It published a report conveying the radical idea that restricting sugar intake is essential to good health. The threat is being described by WHO insiders as tantamount to blackmail and worse than any pressure ever exerted by the tobacco lobby. . . .