I am also on the antenna, so I don't get HBO. However, there's a good Youtube video from 2009 explaining why this is such an insidious problem. (90 minutes)

http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=dBnniua6-oM

I have been following this off and on since the book "Sugar Blues" came out in the middle 80's (25+ years!). It's one of America's worst problems (IMO) and there's no real solution in sight.

http://www.amazon.co...1337089378&sr=8-1

In your post, you recommend taxing them, but look what happens:

http://www.motherjon.../more-sugar-lobby

"...Since there wasn't much else going on that would have seriously affected them, that means they spent $34 million just to defeat the sugar tax."

There's also a very recent interview with Kelly Brownell on NPR's Fresh Air: (30 min)

http://www.npr.org/2...-obesity-epidemic


Anyhow, thanks for the post!


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