
Public Health
The Biggest Health Problem: Obesity
A sugary beverage tax is just a start, but it exemplifies the population-wide approach we need
Credit: Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA, is the Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine and chief of the Division of Epidemiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and a Public Voices Fellow through The OpEd Project.
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