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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

Snack attack: how the west exported unhealthy eating to Africa and Asia

Jewel Ahmed, with his bun roti at the roadside in Zigatola, Dhaka.
Jewel Ahmed, with his bun roti at the roadside in Zigatola, Dhaka. Photograph: Farzana Hossen/The Guardian

A sweet, butter-filled bread roll, neatly wrapped in plastic, has become the snack rickshaw rider Jewel Ahmed reaches for when he needs to eat while stuck in traffic in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.

Bun roti, as the rolls are known, are sold for 10 Bangladesh taka (7p) at the same stalls where the city’s rickshaw riders buy heavily sweetened tea to ward off hunger and tiredness.

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