The U.S. suffers from an obesity epidemic that produces massive health-care costs, often at taxpayers' expense. Why are government food policies so slow to change in the face of this crisis? Dr. David Heber, professor of medicine and public health and director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, and Michael Roberts, director of The Center for Food Law and Policy and adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law, provide insights from a public health, legal, and policy perspective. Moderated by Ian Masters, journalist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and radio host.

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