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How to curb obesity: Tax calories, study says
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Raising the price of a calorie for home consumption by 10 percent might lower the percentage of body fat in youths about 8 or 9 percent, according to new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research. “An increase in the price of a calorie regardless of its source would improve obesity outcomes,” according to a working paper that three researchers prepared for the private, nonprofit bureau. [link to www.washingtonpost.com] They should tax junk food and soda pop.
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