Maintaining A Good Diet May Be Crucial To Overall Health And Stopping Deaths Considered Preventable, Studies Suggest.

reports that two studies published in the November issue of the journal Health Affairs suggest that “maintaining a good diet is crucial to overall health and stopping deaths that are usually considered preventable.” One study examined “cost-effective interventions that could lower childhood obesity,” finding that “an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, elimination of the tax subsidy for advertising unhealthy food to children, and nutrition standards for food and drinks sold in schools outside of school meals would pay for themselves through health care costs saved.” http://time.com/4096894/us-diet-premature-death/