Fat chance of designers tackling obesity threat

21 February 2008

Sarah Woods' article on obesity and design (DW 14 February) made me wonder if design has a responsibility. We've all been in a supermarket, drooling over certain products, encouraged by their enticing packaging. No one has a problem with this any more. These days, most packaging doesn't try to hide the guilty secrets of what's inside. Instead, it flaunts it, playing on our weakness for food treats. Gü - need I say more? However, while design has an important role to play ...

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