Unhealthy Eating Tax a benefit to the Government Purse and the Public Waistline

“The total economic burden (of lifestyle diseases) is in the region of $1.6 billion for diabetes and from hypertension $1.2 billion” is a chilling statistic mentioned by Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sheila Campbell-Forrester in 2009 at the Pegasus Hotel to an attentive audience, as stated by the article “Fat Jamaica worries health officials” published Friday August 28, 2009, Sophia