Junk food taxes not the answer for childhood obesity: Report
A Productivity Commission report, “Childhood Obesity: an Economic Perspective”, released this Monday said that junk food taxes were not a cure for childhood obesity. It read, “Bans or taxes on particular energy-dense nutrient-poor foods, for example, face design difficulties, affect all consumers regardless of their weight status, and in the case of taxes, can have perverse budgetary and health …
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Tom Engelhardt: Handicapping the Global Midterms: Winners and Losers
Fortified by rounds of new polls, the election has become an endless handicapping session. This mania for handicapping remains electoral, but it could be applied to so many things, including the state of the world as seen from Washington.
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Teens Talk Nutrition of Sports Drinks
Red Bull. Gatorade. Monster. G2. Teenagers no longer reach for water, milk or Kool-Aid but rather energy drinks.
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