They are anti-Western pattern diet

characterized by higher intakes of red and processed meat, butter, high-fat dairy products, eggs, refined grains, white potatoes, french fries, and high-sugar drinks. It is contrasted with a healthy diet found in the same populations, which has higher levels of fruits, vegetables, whole-grain foods, poultry and fish.

America’s deadliest export
The agriculture lobby is a powerful force in the US and it has used its influence on government to create some perverse agricultural policies. A 2013 report by the US Public Interest Research Group, ‘Apples to Twinkies: Comparing Federal Subsidies of Fresh Produce and Junk Food’, found that since 1995, high-fructose corn syrup, corn-starch and soy oils (all commonly used in junk food) have been subsidized by the US taxpayer to the tune of over $19 billion, without an equivalent subsidy for fruit and vegetables.

The resulting cheap junk products are exported throughout the world.

Obesity now kills more people worldwide than hunger, but the political response couldn’t be more different: while emaciated bodies elicit calls to do something, the obesity crisis induces diatribes against the ‘nanny state’. The government, we are told, shouldn’t meddle in our lives. Meanwhile, corporations are free to meddle as much as they want – to subject us to manipulative, pervasive and sophisticated marketing.

Putin is pushing back at those corporations. Don't forget that Coke and McD's (and Monsanto) are the clearest symbols of American cultural hegemony and corporate capitalism.

Putin Says Russia Will Be World’s #1 Exporter of Non-GMO Foods

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is taking a bold step against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically modified seeds at large. In a new address to the Russian Parliament Thursday, Putin proudly outlined his plan to make Russia the world’s ‘leading exporter’ of non-GMO foods that are based on ‘ecologically clean’ production.

Perhaps even more importantly, Putin also went on to harshly criticize food production in the United States, declaring that Western food producers are no longer offering high quality, healthy, and ecologically clean food.

“We are not only able to feed ourselves taking into account our lands, water resources – Russia is able to become the largest world supplier of healthy, ecologically clean and high-quality food which the Western producers have long lost, especially given the fact that demand for such products in the world market is steadily growing,” Putin said in his address to the Russian Parliament.
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It even seems that Putin may use the country’s affinity for organic and sustainable farming as a centerpiece in his economic strategy.

“Ten years ago, we imported almost half of the food from abroad, and were dependent on imports. Now Russia is among the exporters. Last year, Russian exports of agricultural products amounted to almost $20 billion – a quarter more than the revenue from the sale of arms, or one-third the revenue coming from gas exports,” he added.

Regardless of what you think about Putin’s politics, the fact that non-GMO farming and organic food production is now such a key part of the international discussion is beyond exciting (and long overdue).