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The Stigma of Obesity
July 22, 2010 – 9:36 am | 5 Comments
The Stigma of Obesity

What are the best steps for addressing adult obesity? How the government, friends, and businesses can help us all.

A Closer Look at Obesity
July 12, 2010 – 6:07 pm | 5 Comments
A Closer Look at Obesity

The 2010 rankings are out for obesity in the US. The numbers are increasingly worse with only one area improving over last year, the home of Mrs. Obama, Washington, DC.

How Fat is Your State? 2010 Results
July 12, 2010 – 8:32 am | 2 Comments
How Fat is Your State?  2010 Results

Despite top ranked TV shows, a strong push from Michelle Obama and the US Government, Americans continue to slide deeper into obesity. All states continued to pack on the pounds. Only the District of Columbia improved. (Maybe Mrs. Obama is having an impact afterall.)

I’ll be dissecting the study more tomorrow. Here’s the ranking for today. How did your state do?

For Weight Loss the Hare Beats the Tortoise
May 9, 2010 – 4:21 pm | 3 Comments
For Weight Loss the Hare Beats the Tortoise

The faster you lose weight may determine your ability to keep it off and how much you lose. That’s the result of a new study published last week in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Legislating Obesity: Can You? Should You?
April 21, 2010 – 8:34 am | 28 Comments
Legislating Obesity:  Can You?  Should You?

Banning transfats, publishing calorie counts at fast food restaurants, banning high fructose corn syrup, revamping school lunch programs … some of these ideas have been implemented into laws in local municipalities, some of them have been adopted by food chains looking for a marketing advantage and some of them could be passed in your town sometime soon. We might even be taxed an extra 25 cents, a “sin tax” every time we reach for a twinkie or an ice cream cone.

What do you think about it? Can you legislate “fat people”? Is that even fair? Are we just creating a new level of classicism?

This is Why You’re Fat: An Update
April 8, 2010 – 4:10 am | 10 Comments
This is Why You’re Fat:  An Update

KFC is adding a new twist on the list of Why You’re Fat. It’s newest concoction, a bunless “sandwich” with two pieces of fried chicken sandwiching gobs of bacon and cheese. Ick.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: Episode 3 Recap
April 3, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: Episode 3 Recap

Jamie Oliver focuses on the kids in this episode. Driving the point home that eating well will only help our kids live better lives.

Jamie Oliver Wants to Save the World
March 22, 2010 – 9:06 pm | 14 Comments
Jamie Oliver Wants to Save the World

The premise of the show is to drop a fish-out-of-water Brit into the middle of the unhealthiest city in the US. Huntington, WV leads the country in heart disease, diabetes and obesity rates. More than 50% of it’s population is obese, not just overweight, obese.