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Ten Dumbest Food Cop Ideas
Over the years, the growing cabal of diet dictators have proposed a litany of crazy proposals to tax, legislate, and litigate away many food and beverage choices. The list includes sin taxes on meals under $4, carding for candy, and zoning restaurants out of towns.

We've compiled a list of the most outrageous ideas for your reading enjoyment. read more here »



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    • Features

    Harvard Study: Snack Foods And Soda Not Linked To Obesity
    After studying more than 14,000 American children, a team of six Harvard doctors found that snack food and soda do not contribute to childhood obesity. read more here »

    Does the government think you're fat? Does the government think you're fat?
    Use our Body Mass Calculator to find out your Body Mass Index (BMI), and see how you rate in the eyes of the government. read more here »

    Ad Campaigns

    Latest Study on Snacks Latest Study on Snacks
    According to the latest study: You shouldn't eat nachos, ding dongs, or powdered sugar doughnuts. According to the latest study your brain is a non-reasoning blob of electrically charged gelatin that should be limited to simple tasks such as raking leaves and growing kale. click to view »


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    Small choices and big bodies
    Deciding whether to walk or drive is just as important as the decision to go back for second helpings. read more here »

    Diet isn't the only answer
    A quick inventory of our homes and offices provides more insight into our weight woes than any nutrition survey. read more here »

    Activist Cash

    Center for Science in the Public Interest
    Background | Quotes | Financials
    The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is the undisputed leader among America’s “food police.” CSPI’s joyless eating club has issued hundreds of high-profile — and highly questionable — reports condemning soft drinks, fat substitutes, irradiated meat, biotech food crops, French fries, and just about anything that tastes good. read more here »

    Kelly Brownell
    Background
    Kelly Brownell is a Yale psychologist on a decade-long crusade against what he calls America’s “toxic food environment.” He is best known for having first proposed the infamous “Twinkie tax.” read more here »

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