I Have a Hard Time Believing Microsoft Hates Fat People
I glanced at this blog post on Shakesville today about the XBox 360, and then did a double take… Apparently Microsoft recently filed for a patent app, “…to introduce a heightened degree of reality into the appearance of gamers’ avatars by utilizing a third-party health-care data repository… or a Wii Vitality Sensor-like device.” In other words, Microsoft wants to create gamers’ avatars capable of...
Taiwan Considering Junk Food Tax
According to the China Post… The Bureau of Health Promotion (BHP) is drafting a bill to charge special tax on food that are considered unhealthy, such as sugary drinks, candies, cakes, oily fast food, and alcohol.According to the BHP Director General Shu Ti-chiou, the proposal aims to promote a healthier eating habit. …The BHP is expecting the Legislative Yuan to approve it by the end of next year and to enact the tariff...
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Ok, that’s a rhetorical question, since I didn’t have my camera with me. But I wish I did, as what I just saw would have been worth recording for posterity… John and I were driving home from the gym by our usual route, which always takes us past the neighborhood McDonald’s. It was a little after 2:00 p.m. – well past lunchtime – yet there was a long line of cars (11) idling in the drive-thru...
A New Year’s Gift for My Kids
This book review from NYT nutrition writer Jane Brody just caught my eye… Recipes to Set Teenagers on a Healthy Path …There is no better time than now to change this trajectory and get the nation’s youngsters on a more wholesome track. And there may be no better way to start than by consulting a new book, “Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs,” (Bloomsbury), by the award-winning chef Rozanne Gold in collaboration...
Offensive or Effective?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This probably goes double for graphic, gross-out pics, which is why the New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene decided to use them to dissuade New Yorkers from “Pouring on the Pounds.” New Campaign Asks New Yorkers if They’re “Pouring On the Pounds” Health Department encourages consumers to choose beverages with less sugar August 31, 2009 – It’s hard to overeat...
TIME: How Sugary Cereal Makers Target Kids
The Nov. 2 issue of TIME magazine has a great article on the latest report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: “Sweet Spot: How Sugary Cereal Makers Target Kids.” Rudd researchers just finished crunching Nielsen and comScore data — which track television and Internet marketing — to figure out exactly how much cereal advertising kids see. The result: obesity researchers for the first time have hard data...
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