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Entries by Michael F. Jacobson from 04/2010

A Soda Tax Is a Good Policy to Reduce Obesity in the United States

| Posted 04.12.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Soda Tax, Governor David Paterson, Obesity, Cspi, Soda, Health Obesity, Health, Health Diabetes, Diabetes Soda, Healthy Living News

Though Paterson's proposed penny-per-ounce tax would be the highest tax yet on soda pop, the taxes themselves are nothing new. In fact, the state of New York has had a sales tax on soft drinks since 1965.

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Why We Need to Limit Salt in Packaged Foods

| Posted 04.25.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Salt, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sodium, Health, Restaurants, Institute of Medicine, Hypertension, Cspi, Healthy Living News

Cutting sodium levels in packaged and restaurant foods in half is predicted to save 100,000 lives and tens of billions of dollars in health-care expenses each year.

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