The Science Behind a Fat Tax

From today's New York Times: "Only 10 percent of early deaths are the result of substandard medical care... The biggest contributor, at 40 percent, is behavior."

From today's New York Times:

J. Michael McGinnis, a senior scholar at the Institute of Medicine, has estimated that only 10 percent of early deaths are the result of substandard medical care. About 20 percent stem from social and physical environments, and 30 percent from genetics. The biggest contributor, at 40 percent, is behavior.

And the most prevalent today of all dangerous behaviors: over-eating.