"The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite"

(Video) A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the direct medical costs of obesity total about $147 billion a year. That amounts to nine percent of all US medical costs. It's also over $50 billion more than the annual spending on cancer. In the midst of this national focus on obesity, today we'll speak to David Kessler, who has spent the last seven years trying to understand how the food industry has changed American eating ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 3, 2009 - 11:20 AM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

The interview goes into a number of areas, including corporate responsibility for marketing unhealthy foods, and the cost to health care due to obesity. Timely, and a subject everyone can relate to.

Hot wings, anybody?

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