Category Archives: Economic

Info-Graphic: Obesity and Changes in the Food Environment

Coincidental with the NY Times article this morning on food companies funding scientific research and advocacy to shift the focus of obesity prevention to physical activity, this weekend we posted a slide deck of info-graphix on obesity and changes in the … Continue reading

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Changes in Food Prices

The USDA Economic Research Service just released interesting data and analyses on changes in inflation-adjusted food prices from 1985 to 2014.  The price of fresh fruit and vegetables has increased and the price of fats and oils and sugar and sweets … Continue reading

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