Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- regional adviser for nutrition, physical activity and obesity at the World Health Organization, Europe
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“The majority of governments – including many in Europe – are allowing the food industry to target children without restriction. What we need is the political will to take action and stand up to industry interference.”
Where Dr Kremlin Wickramasinghe has been quoted
- More than 220m children will be obese by 2040 without drastic action, report warnstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
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