How The American Diet Impacts Our Need For Health Care
Updated Friday, August 30, 2019
NPR
August 30th, 2019
“It’s really shocking, unbelievable, how much we spend on healthcare…almost 30% of the whole federal budget is spent on healthcare, and it’s only going up.” said Friedman Dean Dariush Mozaffarian. “The reason healthcare is costing so much, primarily, is that we’re really, really sick. The number one reason for this is our food, and changes to our food system in the last 40 years.”
Dean Mozaffarian spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio about the rising costs of healthcare, and what we can do to address the issue.