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NAU researchers, Navajo Nation study effects of groundbreaking ‘unhealthy food’ tax

Posted by Heather Tate on July 24, 2017

High rates of overweight and obesity—as well as related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes—are serious public health concerns for the Navajo Nation. With more than 300,000 enrolled members in 110 chapters spread across 27,000 square miles in northeastern Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, it is one of the largest American Indian tribes in the U.S. The Indian Health… Read more

Filed Under: Center for American Indian Resilience-CAIR, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Health Sciences

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