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How The Food Industry Created Today’s Obesity Crisis, With Marion Nestle

Big Brains

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The Government's Role in the Food Environment

The government is involved in every aspect of food production and consumption. 90% of the United States' corn production has nothing to do with food for people, he says. "That's our food system that makes no sense whatsoever," John Sutter writes. The tax policies allow food corporations to deduct the cost of marketing as a business expense.

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