A reminder to check the label on foods before you buy them, especially if they are labeled with some combination of “healthy”, “low sugar”, “low sodium”, “heart conscious”, etc. In these products companies will sometimes boost salt content to make a food with reduced fat taste better or vice-versa. Of course, this is no indictment [...]

This infographic says it all. What the image tells us is that government subsidies are disproportionately lowering the cost of food items thought to be responsible for obesity. When you arrive at the grocery store to find that meat is cheaper than vegetables, the decision for a thrifty shopper is to consume more of foods [...]