nytimes: Eat an Apple (Doctor's Orders)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/business/13veggies.html?_r=1

* Childhood obesity in the US costs $14.1 billion annually in direct health expenses like prescription drugs and visits to doctors and emergency rooms

* Treating obesity-related illness in adults costs an estimated $147 billion annually

*People tend to overeat junk food in higher proportion than they undereat vegetables. Unless people curtail excessive consumption of salty and sugary snacks, behavioral changes like eating more fruit and vegetables will have limited effect on obesity.