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On 1 May 2012 in my Blog posting I discussed the meaning, values and significance of “Fundamental Principles of Olympism”. Continuing on that theme, it is refreshing to notice that more and more observes with an eye on justice and virtue are rightly criticising the destructive and disgraceful commercialism, consumerism, sponsorship by fast food giants, soda fizzy drinks manufacturers, factory outlets, and more of the Olympic movement in general and the Olympic games in London in particular. See below for such an example:
…'Wrong message'
“As a cardiologist I treat heart disease on a daily basis… But, having seen the unspeakable suffering caused by diet-related diseases, I would much rather these patients did not develop them in the first place...
In the context of an obesity epidemic I find it obscene that the Olympics chooses to associate itself with fast food, sugary drinks, chocolate and alcohol.- “When it comes to a global crisis, all countries are eventually in it together”
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