This Kid’s Not Fat – Let Alone Obese!
This story makes me happy (all over again) that my kids are grown, and are no longer in the K-12 educational system. WHDH-TV – It’s just another example of “one-size-fits-all” bureaucratic thinking. I had my fill of it when my kids were in school… and so did my kids, for that matter. As Jane Brody wrote in this 2010 New York Times article… “The simple answer is that the index, usually called...
Toxins… not “Toxins”
D’ya think the food we eat is filled with toxins? If so, this Guardian article, “I survived the deadliest meal in the world,” should disabuse you of this notion. If they really were, you’d probably be dead. 😉 It’s a mildly amusing tale of a charity banquet, but it resonated with me on two levels… Sympathy: I spent years intermittently enduring my mother-in-law’s cooking, so I know what...
New York Times Op-Doc: “Calorie Detective”
Speaking of imprecise calorie counts… As filmmaker Casey Neistat discovered, the listed calorie counts on hand-made restaurant/ready-to-eat food items can be especially variable. He selected 5 food items that he might eat in an average day: a muffin, a pre-made tofu sandwich, a Starbucks Frappuccino, a Subway sandwich and a Chipotle burrito. Then he had them tested at the at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center and...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against USP Labs & GNC
USPLabs’ legal woes continue. The company recently settled a class action lawsuit for $2 million dollars. Now, its facing another suit, over the death of Michael L. Sparling, one of the two soldiers who died in 2011 while working out after consuming DMAA-containing supplements. According to the New York Times… “Now the parents of Michael L. Sparling, one of the soldiers who died, have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit...
An Obesity Treatment That’s Tough to Stomach…
Urrrggh… I’m not exactly a fan of bariatric surgery, but the latest new obesity intervention just plain squicks me out…From The Independent: Eat, drink and pump it out: new weight loss gadget sucks food straight out of the stomach Who would have thought that the future of weight loss might lie in the hands of the inventor of the Segway? Dean Kamen, creator of the two-wheeled wonder, along with a team from Aspire...
“The Most Xtreme Meals in America”
That’s the title of CSPI director Michael Jacobsen’s article in the Huff-Po, about the “winners” of this year’s Xtreme Eating awards.* The finalists are arrayed in a slideshow at the Huff-Po, but you can also see them in the CSPI’s own publication here. If you have the stomach for it, that is… In keeping with earlier “awards,” the winning dishes are loaded with sodium, saturated...
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