Comment - Binge drinking v Obesity - Public enemy #1?
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 25 July 2008
I remember writing about four years ago that the level of media attention in the UK being levelled on obesity may temper the threat of potential regulation of the alcohol industry as legislators sharpened their teeth for a different prey.
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I remember writing about four years ago that the level of media attention in the UK being levelled on obesity may temper the threat of potential regulation of the alcohol industry as legislators sharpened their teeth for a different prey.

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