Why Does a Salad Cost More Than a Big Mac?

by Eyck Freymann

Continuing our discussion of the Farm Bill, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine asks why unhealthy food is so much cheaper than healthy food.

Michelle Obama can battle all she wants against soda machines in schools, but unless Congress gets serious about subsidizing the right priorities, we as a nation are going to get fatter and fatter. And that ain't cheap. In fact, it's the source of 9% of total health care expenditures.