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  2. If Massachusetts Were 5% Less Fat, It Would Save $5 Billion Over 10 Years

    Whatever you think of policies like the soda ban, you need to at least accept that there is a compelling financial imperative here in promoting healthier living.

  3. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is now, by far, the largest funder of work in this country on childhood obesity. They’re spending $100 million a year on the problem. The food industry spends that amount every year by Jan. 4, just marketing junk food – just to children.

    Psychologist Kelly Brownell on how food companies market junk food to kids. (via nprfreshair)

    (via nprfreshair)