Georgia Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) will release its new report, Apples to Twinkies, which examines how billions in taxpayer agricultural subsidies end up supporting junk food and contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic. The report is the first to make specific estimates of the amount of tax dollars going to junk food ingredients including high fructose corn syrup, and breaks down these estimates by calculating how many Twinkies, and how many apples, each taxpayer is paying for.
Presenting will be Jessical Wilson, program associate for PIRG, Rashid Nuri, founder of Truly Living Well and a children's health expert who is to be announced.
