LEANER NATIONS DRIVE LESS! Researchers found a link between "active transportation" and less obesity in 17 industrialized countries across Europe, North America and Australia.
THE SODA TAX: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Taxing beverages with sugar and high fructose corn syrup? Some say it will cut demand and consumption and raise revenue. Others disagree that a soda tax is regressive and that overweight doesn't necessarily equal unhealthy.