THE POLITICS OF MEDICINE - WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

We have to do something to stem the tide of obesity and type two diabetes not only for the personal human tragedy but also  for the health care costs.  They'll be/are astronomical .  A good place to start is what we eat. What most of us eat is what's in front of us.  What gets put in front of us is determined by The Farm Bill and the subsidies it doles out.  These subsidies of course are our tax dollars.  Mark Bittman has a biting critique of how we subsidize bad food which makes us sick resulting in nasty disease that ultimately kill us while sucking us dry. It doesn't have to be this way.