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Food Policies

Why New York City Should Ban Supersize Sugary Beverages

Dr. Lisa Young | Posted 08.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Lisa Young

Given the health consequences and enormous cost of our country's obesity epidemic, it is time to return eating less. And banning the large sizes of unhealthy sugar-sweetened beverages is a good place to begin.

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Bloomberg's Soda Ban: Soda Today, Schmeers Tomorrow?

AP | ADAM GELLER | Posted 08.01.2012 | New York
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NEW YORK — Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves? In New York City – which already bans smoking in public parks...

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Grossed Out by Pink Slime? Well, Don't Just Sit There

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 06.13.2012 | Healthy Living
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Michael F. Jacobson

Signs that our food system is broken are all around us. So are the signs that Americans are craving change and want to do something about it.

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Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

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