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A Big Gulp of Human Fat
(www.motherjones.com)
We all know New York City takes a hard line against the fast food industry and its role in the obesity epidemic. Last year, the city mandated that chain eateries with more than 10 outlets in NYC would... More
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Waistland: Does America Look Fat in This (www.motherjones.com)
In 2006, the surgeon general called obesity "the terror within" and said it could "dwarf 9/11 or any other terrorist attempt." A recent anti-obesity ad campaign featured a "suicide bomber" with... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by HealthcareNewsLadder | 0 Comments |
Soda, Fat and You
(www.truthdig.com)
New York Health Commissioner and aspiring prop comic Richard Daines, M.D., defends his governor’s proposed obesity tax with this hokey yet alarming demonstration.
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Obesity Linked to Grandparent's Diet (www.motherjones.com)
At least in mice. So far. Nature reports on research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Mice fed on a high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation had larger-than-normal... More
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Thin Is the New Miserable
(www.alternet.org)
I know better than to diet constantly. Dieting makes you fat. Dieting makes you distracted. Distracted women tend not to make history. And yet here I am. Dieting. Even a global economic meltdown and a... More
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An interview with Jennifer McLagan, author of "Fat"
(www.salon.com)
Jennifer McLagan is on a mission: to dispel the myth that fat is a "greasy killer." Or, as she writes in her new book, "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes": "Human... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
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