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This Article is From Mar 09, 2018

How Nafta Made Mexicans Fat

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The North American Free Trade Agreement has been labeled everything from an unfair deal for U.S. workers to a boon for commerce across the continent. Less well known is that it's helped cause a big expansion in Mexican waistlines. Simon Barquera, executive director of the Nutrition and Health Research Center at Mexico's National Institute of Public Health, explains the nation's rise in obesity to Scott Lanman and Bloomberg intern Shelly Hagan.

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To contact the author of this story: Scott Lanman in Washington at slanman@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Topher Forhecz at tforhecz@bloomberg.net.

©2018 Bloomberg L.P.

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