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Is cheap food making us fat?

The Wall Street Journal's Econoblog recently hosted an interesting conversation on whether cheaper food prices are contributing to our society's obesity problem.

Academics Carol Graham, of the Brookings Institution, and Darius Lakdawalla, of the Rand Corp., shared their discuss their different economic takes on our burgeoning national girth.

Check out the discussion and see if you think they're right.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com

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