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NutritionFacts Grab Bag 27

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

CHAPTER

Taxing Obese People

Taxing people based on their weight was proposed at least as far back in 1904. Even a small price differential about 10 between leaded and unleaded gas was able to shift the entire auto industry away from lead Could it also shift Americans to apples from apple pie? A systematic review of available evidence suggests that dietary financial incentives and disincentives work. South Africa's largest private health insurers started offering up to 25% cash back on healthy food purchases to hundreds of thousands of households Up to the us equivalent of $799 per month.

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