I've probably mentioned this before, but it is with issues of health, predominantly obesity, that I find myself most urgently at war with my otherwise across-the-board liberal mentality ( Read more... )

Here's an interesting op-ed about the efficacy of calorie counts on restaurant menus.

Summative point:
"Calorie posting may be desirable even if it fails to reduce calorie intake. But effective policies to deal with obesity will need to involve much more than posting calories. People eat too much because calorie-dense foods are convenient and ( Read more... )

Don't ask me why, but I spent a good amount of the day today watching obesity shows. Not like "reality" obesity shows, like medical obesity shows - "Half-Ton Dad" and "Inside Brookhaven Obesity Clinic," to be exact ( Read more... )