When public health advocates set their sights on reforming the modern food supply, they face a perpetual, uphill battle against entrenched commercial interests. Past attempts to regulate the food industry have frequently crashed against the shoals of political opposition, corporate lobbying, and philosophical debates over individual liberty. To understand the…
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For decades, the public health community has grappled with a fundamental question: When individual responsibility fails to curb the consumption of hazardous substances, how can policy intervene without infringing upon personal liberty? The triumph of the trans-fat ban stands as a definitive case study in how to regulate a recalcitrant…