The Costs of Obesity
Another Reuters article – this one’s on the economic impact of obesity and unhealthy living. Some of the costs discussed in the article are obvious (medical). Others, not so much… (Reuters) – U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact of heavier riders on...
Who’s Winning the War on Childhood Obesity?
According to this special report from Reuters, it’s “[t]he side with the fattest wallets.” It’s the food industry side, natch. This one small paragraph speaks volumes about industry clout: At every level of government, the food and beverage industries won fight after fight during the last decade. They have never lost a significant political battle in the United States despite mounting scientific evidence of the...
Beginning of the End for DMAA?
Straight from the horse’s mouth: FDA challenges marketing of DMAA products for lack of safety evidence Agency cites ten companies in warning letters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued warning letters to ten manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements containing dimethylamylamine, more popularly known as DMAA, for marketing products for which evidence of the safety of the product had not been submitted...
Weighty Matters: “The Biggest Loser Destroys Participants’ Metabolisms”
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff reports on a new study… In an article published yesterday ahead of print, Darcy Johannsen and friends studied the impact 7 months of Biggest Loser weight loss had on the resting and total energy expenditures of 16 participants. They used all the latest gadgets to do so including indirect calorimetry and doubly labeled water. So what happened? By week 6 participants had lost 13% of their body weight and by...
“Dateline” on Supplement Testing
When this “Dateline” episode on supplement testing was aired (March 18th), I was too busy packing boxes to pay attention. But now that Chez Lowe has been successfully relocated, it’s worth visiting. The episode – like most mass media treatments – raised the alarm about supplement safety. Although the narrator admitted early on that most manufacturers are “responsible,” this caveat was quickly...
NYT: “Bridal Hunger Games”
Sigh… In March, Jessica Schnaider, 41, of Surfside, Fla., was preparing to shop for a wedding gown by spending eight days on a feeding tube. The diet, under a doctor’s supervision, offered 800 calories a day while she went about her business, with a tube in her nose. …Something medical is indeed happening in the newest diet to reach the United States. Dr. Oliver R. Di Pietro has been offering what he calls a K-E diet at...
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