Thus far Congressional policymakers have assured that the 2012 Farm Bill will continue federal subsidies to farmers, consumer subsidies to sugar, and aid to beginning farmers and ranchers as if there were a shortage of farmers. The Senate Agriculture Committee included subsidies for fresh fruit and vegetable purchases for schools, but otherwise there is no indication the Hill will address the largest food-related issue affecting the country: obesity.A study just released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) indicates that stabilizing obesity at the current level would save $550 billion in health care costs. Confidentially, members of Congress want to do something but, given the lack of a single, definable and unobtrusive silver bullet for t...

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