Obesity costs healthy people too, study shows
The skyrocketing obesity rate in America does not only affect the health of obese people – it impacts taxpayer pockets, as well. According to a study recently published in the Health Affairs journal, obese people cost healthy people money, and there are no “buts” about it. In 2013, 69 billion dollars were spent nationwide on Read More
How would you feel about a tax on sugar? This city is going for it.
To hear that there is a growing addiction to sugar in many first world countries should come as no surprise. A small seaside city called Brighton in the UK, however, wants to do something about it. They want to levy an additional 10 pence (roughly 15 cents in USD) tax on sugar-laden beverages. The money would support the Read More
