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Mexico requires warning labels on some processed foods

by Rodrigo Cervantes
Dec 4, 2020
The "junk food" labeling warns that some foods are high in sodium, or have excessive sugars.
Esteban Pérez works in the family business: a store in Mexico City that his grandfather started decades ago. He shows a soda can with the new warning labeling in Mexico.
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People are spending more on marijuana than on munchies

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 16, 2016
Dude.
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How Mexico is fighting obesity

by Stan Alcorn
May 18, 2015
The obesity rate in Mexican children has reportedly tripled in the past decade.
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The rise, fall, and rise again of the Twinkie

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
May 4, 2015
Handling the Twinkie empire hasn't been a piece of cake.
The golden spongecake is making a comeback. 
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Florida latest state to try to control food stamp purchases

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 30, 2012
After similar legislation failed in California, Texas, and Illinois, a lawmaker in Florida is hoping to ban the use of food stamps to buy soda, candy, and other junk food.
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What Now: The junk food diet

by Mark Bittman
Jan 5, 2012
Millions of Americans make resolutions to change the way they eat. But, can we change the way food is marketed to us?
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