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Food for Thought: The Government Makes You Fat

April 23, 2007 by Walter

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Michael Pollan looks at the way Government policy determines what we eat and why “the most reliable predictor of obesity in America today is a person’s wealth.” He quotes a study by Drewnowski of the University of Washington, who determined that a dollar will buy 1200 calories of cookies or chips but only 250 calories of carrots. If you don’t have a lot of money, the most rational thing to do is buy junk food to get the most calories for your buck.

Why is a complex food like a Twinkie, with its 39 ingredients, processing, packaging and marketing so much cheaper than a bunch of carrots? Government subsidies and programs like the Farm…

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