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How the 40 year drop in the minimum wage helped cause obesity 3
Posted 2 weeks ago Tom Laskawy has written about the link between wages and obesity before -- with wages dropping since the 60s and healthy food prices always going up, people eat more unhealthy food. But now two economists have drilled down into these issues and claim to have found a specific link between a drop in the minimum wage and obesity.
battle royal

Is Michelle Obama about to take on Big Food? 40
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago While the First Lady has been exercising what diplomats would call her "soft power" for a while, i.e. planting a garden, making speeches on healthy eating, and so on, indications are that she's quietly developing a set of policy recommendations to reform the food system.
Bubble Trouble

The soda wars heat up—and the possibilities are thrilling 9
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Feel free to believe a soda tax won't solve obesity. But don't deny that its revenue will create all sorts of opportunities.
Radiant Cities: Drive Through This

Can we really make the drive-thru a source of power? 3
Posted 4 months ago
Drivers drooling as they wait for Big Macs and Whoppers could be a promising energy source, if one company has its way. Find out whether the latest scheme will work -- and who's trying to stand in its path.
Desert Blooms

NYC sends veggie carts to underserved areas—and they’re a hit 6
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
New York City took a baby step recently towards a state role in distributing healthy food. It significantly expanded a program to bring fruit and vegetable "carts" to low-income neighborhoods that good food options -- so-called "food deserts." And if the early response is any indication, the program looks to be a rip-roaring success.
Spare Tires

Food industry and longer commutes are making us fat 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Certainly there are systems issues that conspire against us when we try to make the right decision about food, including the food industry. Blaming the food industry might be an easy thing to do. But a combination of policies that improve what we eat and encourage alternative transportation is the recipe we need to follow.