Obesity Fat Tax
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A SODA Tax – Will it Change Anything? by Roberta R. Friedman, ScM. To view a PDF version of this article, click here. “Rethink Your Drink!” “Don’t Drink Yourself Fat!”
Junk food and sugary drinks could be hit with ‘fat taxes’ in an effort to combat obesity and help fill the black hole in Government finances.
Obesity is a growing problem, rivaling world hunger in the number of people that suffer from it. Obese people were thought to be mainly the rich, but poor people can also suffer as the food industry supplies cheaper food of poorer quality.
Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades, [timeframe?] resulting in diseases such as …
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A tax of at least 20 percent placed on sugar-sweetened drinks could drop obesity by 3.5 percent and prevent 2,700 heart-related deaths each year, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
President calls for hour of exercise per day and a ‘change of culture’ as Mexico has higher rates of adult obesity than the US
May 16, 2012 · Study: A 20% ‘Fat Tax’ Would Improve Public Health. People are packing on the pounds worldwide, but a recent analysis finds taxing junk food could curb obesity …
