A Taxing Issue
An editorial published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine lays out the “Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages.” The piece, by Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and Thomas Friedan, M.D., M.P.H. makes several salient points: Sugared beverages are marketed extensively to children and adolescents, and in the mid-1990s, children’s intake of sugared beverages surpassed that of milk. In the past decade, per...
SuperSize Him
Apparently, Australian personal trainer Paul James has hit a major benchmark on the way to fulfilling his New Year’s Resolution… He’s officially obese. A PERSONAL trainer who started eating chips and burgers to better understand his gym clients is now officially obese – and hating it. Paul “PJ” James, a former underwear model, has gone from strutting catwalks at 80kg to 110kg in three months. He is...
Is One Diet as Good as Another?
NOT! Back at the beginning of the month, I commented on a recent study that’s been making the rounds, about how calorie intake – and not diet composition – is the main determinant of weight loss. In my opinion, this was kind of a “duuuuhhhh” sort of conclusion, as ALL successful diets work this way, whether calories are actually counted or not. I did, however, add a caveat…diet composition CAN make...
Exercising At Home, Prt II
Yesterday I started a new series on exercising at home. Let’s get started with a few more of my “do-at-home” favorites… Leg Lifts: These have to be one of my favorites for strengthening and toning the thighs, hips and buttocks. Lying on your side, align your top leg over the bottom one. Make sure you have a just a soft (barely noticeable) bend in your knee. Contract your glutes (buttocks) and raise your leg...
Reflections From Montreal…
Last weekend my girlfriend and I were in Montreal for the annual SiteSell company dinner. Of course, we took this as an opportunity to spend an extra couple of days in one of my favorite cities, doing a little sight-seeing, and taking a nice break from the daily grind. Of course, what I do here is never far from my mind – even if I am taking a break – so it’s not surprising that a visit to our hotel’s...
Recipe Inflation?
Discussions about the obesity epidemic inevitably focus on commercial products, either processed foods from the grocery store, or fast food/restaurant offerings. Since the frequency of home-cooked, “slow food” meals is at an all-time low, “homemade” food has more-or-less gotten a pass. But home-cooked meals have evidently gotten bigger/richer over time, too… Restaurants get a bad rap for serving...
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