“More and more studies show that being overweight does not always shorten life — but some public-health researchers would rather not talk about them.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Obesity
Harvard nanny Walter Willett is spitting mad about overweight-causes-death scare being debunked
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Chicago Tribune: ‘Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food’
“So lighten up, already. We’re all for reducing obesity, reining in health care costs and prudent spending of taxpayer dollars. But we don’t think the government needs to micromanage the grocery shopping habits of its citizens.” Continue reading
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Study: Waist to height ratio ‘more accurate than BMI’
“Measuring the ratio of someone’s waist to their height is a better way of predicting their life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), the method widely used by doctors when judging overall health and risk of disease, researchers said.” Continue reading
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Duke hires ‘the major public voice on obesity’ to head public policy school
Would you listen to this man lecture you on what you eat? Continue reading
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Study: Roundworm infection could help quell obesity, diabetes
“In the study researchers tested the effect of nematode infection on mice fed a high-fat diet. Infected mice of normal girth gained 15 percent less weight than those that were not infected. Mice that were already obese when infected lost roughly 13 percent of their body weight within 10 days.” Continue reading
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This man wants to lecture you on food and obesity — Yale’s Kelly Brownell: How many meals has he missed?
Not too many from the looks of it. Continue reading
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Study: Strong genetic component to childhood obesity
So how might a progressive like Mayor Bloomberg try to regulate the genetic component? (Hint: The answer starts with an “E”). Continue reading
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Judas: Former Kraft exec says food industry conspired to make people eat more
Michael Mudd tries to curry favor with the forces of political correctness. Continue reading
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CNN Emptyhead Mika Brzezinski: Soda is ‘killing our children… liquid poison’
As bad as the CNN emptyhead who said the recent meteor was caused by global warming. Continue reading
Despite obesity rise, U.S. calories trending downward
Mega-fail: Calories-in, calories-out hypothesis. Continue reading
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World Bank agitates on obesity?
Time to throw the World Bank into the ash heap of history as another hopelessly corrupt and failed Communist-organized disaster. Continue reading
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Study: American women overweight because they don’t vacuum, iron
Phew… I thought it was BPA. Continue reading
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Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign cranks up again
“Our kids are suffering in a very real and alarming way from adult disease at alarming rates” — show me. Continue reading
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White House Credits ‘Let’s Move’ for Halting and Reversing Childhood Obesity Trend
Reminds me of the “progress” reports on Stalin’s five-year plans. Continue reading
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‘Obesity paradox’ solved?
Except that obesity is a symptom, not a disease. Continue reading
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Chemicals linked to obesity in black children?
And what, pray tell, could possibly be the biological explanation for that? Continue reading
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Sex to burn calories? Authors expose obesity myths
“Their report in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine says dogma and fallacies are detracting from real solutions to the nation’s weight problems.” Continue reading
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Davos: Obesity is a drag on economic growth
“We could stop selling ice cream, but people are still going to want to eat ice cream,” said Paul Bulcke, chief executive of food giant Nestle. Continue reading
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Study: Fat people more likely to be killed in car accidents
Skinny people, too. if you get past the weak statistics, the theory is… Continue reading
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Chow Down Seniors: Study gives 75+ eaters dietary get-out-of-jail-free card
Eating diets high in sugar and fat may not affect the health outcomes of older adults ages 75 and up. Continue reading
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