Mark Bittman, food columnist for the New York Times, wrote an excellent piece on the true costs of junk food.  He concludes that it’s still cheaper to eat good healthy food if you cook it yourself, and that we need to address many of the systemic barriers to eating healthy food.  See the full article at[url] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09.....2&pagewanted=all[/url]