{"id":1052940,"date":"2010-06-11T08:15:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T08:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/18-tax-on-pizza-and-soda-can-decrease-u-s-adults-weight-by-5-pounds-2-kg-per-year\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:47:00","slug":"18-tax-on-pizza-and-soda-can-decrease-u-s-adults-weight-by-5-pounds-2-kg-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/18-tax-on-pizza-and-soda-can-decrease-u-s-adults-weight-by-5-pounds-2-kg-per-year.php","title":{"rendered":"18% tax on pizza and soda can decrease U.S. adults&#8217; weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5518f_250px-Soft_drink_shelf.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5518f_250px-Soft_drink_shelf.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p><div>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6275T720100309\">Reuters<\/a>:<\/div><div><\/div><p>With two-thirds of Americans either overweight or obese, policymakers are increasingly looking at taxing as a way to address obesity on a population level.<\/p><div><\/div><div>\"Sadly, we are currently subsidizing the wrong things including the product of corn, which makes the corn syrup in sweetened beverages so inexpensive.\"<p>Instead, the agricultural subsidies should be used to make healthful foods such as locally grown vegetables, fruits and whole grains less expensive.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6275T720100309\">Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say<\/a> | Reuters.<\/p><\/div><div>Image source: Soft drinks, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Soft_drink_shelf.JPG\">Wikipedia<\/a>, public domain.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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