Getting Off the Road to Obesity

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Laura Simonds

As awareness of the obesity crisis intensifies, we are inundated with finger pointing as to who’s to blame. Lawyers are filing lawsuits against restaurants and food manufacturers to force them to change the way they do business and offer healthier products. Food companies are an easy target, but obesity is about more than the food we consume. Our environment is full of televisions, computers, automobiles, elevators, drive-thrus, and other products and services that minimize physical activity. A …

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  1. Food Business Trends
  2. Consumer and Marketplace Trends
  3. Food, Health and Nutrition
  4. Food, Health and Nutrition
  5. Obesity and Weight Management
  6. Food Policy

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