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Contribution of U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy to the Obesity Epidemic (March 2007) |
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Authors: Mark Muller, MS; Heather Schoonover, MS; and David Wallinga, MD, MPA
This paper describes some of the ways that agricultural policies influence what foods (and how much of them) are produced and eaten in the United States. In doing so, the authors identify key factors that contribute to the negative trends in obesity and also offer possible strategies for revising policies to reverse these trends. Read the paper.
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