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Posted: Sat 17:39, 31 Aug 2013 Post subject: Every year |
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poorer New Yorkers as it is among wealthier ones. Diabetes rates in the low-income neighborhood of East New York,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for instance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], are four times those in affluent Gramercy Park. And substantial health care costs arise from this trend: obesity-related illnesses cost New York State residents nearly $8 billion a year in medical costs,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or $770 per household. All of us pay the price through higher taxes. Every year, tens of millions of federal dollars are spent on sweetened beverages in New York City through the food stamp program -- far more than is spent on obesity prevention. This amounts to an enormous subsidy to the sweetened beverage industry.To correct this, New York City and State are asking the United States Department of Agriculture, which administers the food stamp program,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to authorize a demonstration project in New York City. The city would bar the use of food stamps to buy beverages that contain more sugar than substance -- that is,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], beverages with low nutritional value that contain more than
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