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The Palm Oil Industry and Noncommunicable Diseases

The Palm Oil Industry and Noncommunicable Diseases

Sowmya Kadandale, Robert Marten, Richard Smith

Bull World Health Organ. 2019 Feb 1;97(2):118-128.

PMID: 30728618

Abstract:

Large-scale industries do not operate in isolation, but have tangible impacts on human and planetary health. An often overlooked actor in the fight against noncommunicable diseases is the palm oil industry. The dominance of palm oil in the food processing industry makes it the world's most widely produced vegetable oil. We applied the commercial determinants of health framework to analyse the palm oil industry. We highlight the industry's mutually profitable relationship with the processed food industry and its impact on human and planetary health, including detrimental cultivation practices that are linked to respiratory illnesses, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and pollution. This analysis illustrates many parallels to the contested nature of practices adopted by the alcohol and tobacco industries. The article concludes with suggested actions for researchers, policy-makers and the global health community to address and mitigate the negative impacts of the palm oil industry on human and planetary health.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP8002753	Palm oil		8002-75-3	Price

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