Policies to Improve National Health

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While individually there are many steps you can take, these are matters of public health. Why do we have an explosion of obesity rates and diseases related to metabolic syndrome. These have the very real potential of bankrupting Medicare and destroying the medical system. Some of these policies should be easier to impose, some will require a lot of work and funds.