Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Fight Obesity with Economics, not Health Campaigns

File this Live Science article in the "Super Obvious Why is No One Listening?" folder: educating people about obesity won't help them make better choices, but limiting their access and economic preferences for unhealthy, over-processed foods will. What's the best way to do that? Government regulations.

It's a long article, but you get the point: de-incentivize unhealthy foods, incentivize healthy ones, and you end up with a healthier, better country. Also, private industries self-regulating? A big old pile of B to the S.

[via Neatorama]

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