James Gustave Speth, Orion Magazine. March 1, 2012.
The data is piling up to confirm that we’re Number One, but in exactly the way we don’t want to be—at the bottom. Where did we go wrong and what can we do about it?
US scientists say they have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity.
Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. December 19, 2011.
This isn't the policy cure-all for obesity (or even the best way to curb it). But if politicians are determined to create some kind of fat tax, this would be the way to do it.
Two US doctors published a controversial editorial this week claiming that obesity causes imminent health risks and obese children should be placed in temporary foster homes.
With childhood obesity on the rise, many kids are suffering from adult ailments. But Big Pharma's role in pushing adult drugs on kids requires a closer look.
Most fat people who try to lose weight aren't successful. Does it make more sense to blame fat people for lacking self- control... or to change public policy about food and health?
Coke and Pepsi's sponsorship of Save the Children seems to have killed the organization's push for soda taxes, and hence, their work to end childhood obesity.
