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Could a junk food tax fight back the bulge?

‘Science-ish’ looks at the evidence behind taking the anti-obesity fight to the classroom

A school board in San Antonio will soon be monitoring students’ lunch choices

Ballooning food prices are throwing much of the developing world into disarray, but in rich countries, and particularly in the U.S., consumers have mostly continued to roll through the grocery aisle blissfully immune from the double-digit increases that many credit for sparking riots in the Middle East. In the U.S., the price tag for food at the supermarket inched up only 0.3 per cent in January.

Manufacturers may gain the power to fortify products with nutrients