Food Labels, Taxes, and Subsidies—the Egg of Columbus in the Obesity Crisis?

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How do we improve population diets? There is now general agreement that education alone can't achieve this goal. Instead, we need to look at more structural interventions that support healthier food choices by creating a healthier food environment—i.e. making the healthy choice the easy choice. Food pricing and food labeling are two structural interventions that are quickly gaining popularity.