Taxes on Junk Food

The NYT recently published an editorial on the issue of using taxes on junk food to reduce obesity. This editorial highlights two of the major issues facing obesity researchers; 1) the obesity epidemic is a complex problem, and there is no magic bullet that will solve this problem (moreover, many of the proposed remedies are not yet sufficiently supported by the literature), and 2) many of the potential remedies face stiff opposition due the cost of implementation or - as in this case - industry opposition.