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"  In its efforts to curb the nation&amp;#039;s obesity epidemic, the U.S. government seems to be taking inspiration from the infamous Twinkie diet, with more federal dollars going to subsidize the production of junk food than to growing fresh fruits and vegetables. In a report released last week, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) revealed that from 1995 to 2010, $16.9 billion in American tax dollars went to subsidize production of four common junk food additives: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and soy oils (often processed to create hydrogenated vegetable oils). More from Delish: Common Food Additives and What They Do The report, called &amp;quot;Apples to Twinkies: Comparing Federal Subsidies of Fresh Produce and Junk Food,&amp;quot; found that during the 15 year period studied, the federal government spent over $260 billion in agricultural subsidies. However, the vast majority of this went to commodity crops like soy beans and corn. As the production of additives like corn syrup was receiving billions in tax dollars, the study reveals that the only significant funding of fresh produce was for apples, which received a comparatively stingy $262 million in subsidies from 1995 to 2010. More from Delish: What&amp;#039;s Your Apple IQ? So where are your tax dollars going? To offer a more personalized sense of the discrepancy, the report breaks down the figures. If taxpayers were given a direct cut of the agricultural subsidies to spend on groceries, we&amp;#039;d each receive $7.36 to spend on junk food each year and a mere $0.11 to purchase apples \u2014 the equivalent of 19 Twinkies and a few bites of a Red Delicious apple.  Better hope that Twinkie diet really works... "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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