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At the dawn of the 21st century, we can prevent ... of nutrition — in the form of over-consumption — is causing an epidemic of obesity that is spreading across the globe.

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This phenomenon is the focus of Derek Thompson's latest piece for The Atlantic, "The Anti-Social Century." Thompson joins Michel Martin to discuss what can be done. Data from Murthy's department ...

Among policymakers who worry about it at all, optimists think a severe pandemic is a once-in-a-century event. But before the onset of the 2014 Ebola epidemic, most people, including policymakers, ...