Food taboo our deadliest killer Workers tackle mounds of junk - much of it left over from junk food that causes 72% of all deaths in the Cook Islands. photo | LGNZ OVERVIEW : higher taxes for alcohol and tobacco have not been matched with higher taxes for junk food #analysis Jason Brown Cook Islanders have once again topped world statistics - for obesity. Over two thirds - 68.7% - of all men in the Cook Islands are rated as "living with obesity." And dying with it, too. So-called "non-communicable diseases" or NCDs remain involved in the majority of causes of death. Everyone dies eventually. 690 PRODUCTS, 41 COUNTRIES For all too many Cook Islanders, however, the causes are anything but 'natural'. Yet the country continues to import millions each year in highly sugary drinks and foods. A trade page shows that in 2014 the country imported 690 different consumer products from 41 different countries. By comparison, just 13 products were exported, to 22 ...
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