Experts Urge Junk Food Tax as Part of Comprehensive Anti-Obesity Effort
A report released by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council urges state and local governments to tax junk food and soft drinks as part of a comprehensive effort to combat childhood obesity. The report also suggests tax breaks for grocery stores that open in poor or blighted neighborhoods.
A Sept. 1 article by Reuters Health and Science Editor Maggie Fox provided the following details:
A Sept. 1 article by Reuters Health and Science Editor Maggie Fox provided the following details:
The report ... also suggests that governments limit television and video games in after-school programs, require restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus and open school playgrounds and athletic fields to communities.
"Childhood obesity poses a serious threat to health in the United States," it reads. The problem cannot be solved by the federal government and communities need to act, it adds.
"This is not a report that says 'this is what every community should do.' This is a menu of options," Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, who chaired the panel that wrote the report, said in a telephone interview.
Labels: childhood_obesity, prevention
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