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Healthy Foods May Mean Healthier Stock Prices

Healthy Foods May Mean Healthier Stock Prices

Buying better-for-you foods won't just improve your diet. It'll juice the economy, too.

Can We Use Tax Credits to Stop Steadily Climbing Obesity Rates? Shutterstock

Can We Use Tax Credits to Stop Steadily Climbing Obesity Rates?

Adopting a new system with Calorie Credits and measuring Calorie Footprints will speed the growth of better-for-you food and drink brands.

How the Success of Light Beer Will Change Other Iconic Brands Anheuser-Busch

How the Success of Light Beer Will Change Other Iconic Brands

When Miller Lite convinced men that a less filling beer was still macho, it became clear that lower-calorie, healthier offerings made sense.

How the Food Industry Can Solve Our Childhood Obesity Crisis PHA

How the Food Industry Can Solve Our Childhood Obesity Crisis

At the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit, speakers argued that fighting obesity can be good for consumers and the bottom line

Can the Profit Motive End Obesity? Shutterstock

Can the Profit Motive End Obesity?

A new report from the Hudson Institute finally proves that packaged food and beverage companies that sell better-for-you products enjoy greater sales increases and returns

Are McDonald's and Walmart Winning the War on Obesity? Courtesy of Walmart; Courtesy of McDonald's

Are McDonald's and Walmart Winning the War on Obesity?

This week, the two companies adopted new tactics that could indicate a turning point in how the food industry fights fat

Paul Ryan: Obesity Savior? Jason Reed/Reuters

Paul Ryan: Obesity Savior?

The congressman's budget plan might not be a good way to tackle the federal deficit, but his approach could help solve one of our biggest public health problems

The Secret to Healthy Food for All: School Buses ThoseGuys119/flickr

The Secret to Healthy Food for All: School Buses

Luring supermarkets to low-income communities is difficult—so why not bus low-income communities to the food?

Land of Milk and Calories: Have Grocery Aisle Displays Evolved? Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Land of Milk and Calories: Have Grocery Aisle Displays Evolved?

An expert cruises through supermarkets to see whether they really have started marketing more "better-for-you" foods

The War on Happiness: Leave Happy Meals Alone Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

The War on Happiness: Leave Happy Meals Alone

A New York politician wants to ban Happy Meal-style fast food meals—but the measure wouldn't make us healthy

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