Losing More than Weight? How Taxes, Speech Mandates, & other Anti-Obesity Policies Threaten Personal Freedom June 13, 2008

Host: Washington Legal Foundation. This live webcast will highlight public policy developments dealing with obesity. Proposals like “fat taxes”, ad limits, &c. violate personal choice, and the WLF will explain how the concept of addiction has been manipulated by certain anti-obesity activists, plus how the “war on obesity” stacks up against other public health crusades. Speakers include Dr. John C. Luik and Professor Patrick Basham.

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