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Should Food Stamps Fund Poor Health? The Case Against Soda Driven Obesity.

Posted on | October 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Should Food Stamps Fund Poor Health? The Case Against Soda Driven Obesity.

Mike Magee

In New York City, the fourth largest city in the world, with 19.7 million people, 1.7 million or nearly 10% of its citizens use food stamps provided by the federal government and funded by public taxes. As part of the war on poverty, citizens have supported the program for a half a century. But the war on poverty is now colliding head on with the war on obesity. (1, 2) (CONTINUE….)

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