McDonald’s: 1; San Francisco County: 0
Remember the so-called “Happy Meal Ban” passed by San Francisco County last year? If you don’t: the gist of it was that fast food restaurants were banned from including toys with children’s meals, unless certain nutritional standards were met. There was...
read moreThis Is Just Wrong…
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cuyahoga CountyDept. of Children and Family Services has removed an 8-year old boy from his home and placed him in foster care. The reason? Obesity. At more than 200 pounds, the third-grader is considered severely obese and at risk...
read moreCongrats to Adam Slack
He’s 376 pounds lighter than he used to be! It took trip to the emergency room and harsh words from a doctor before a morbidly obese police officer realized he needed to turn his life around. What happened next astonished everyone. Adam Slack weighed 585 pounds when the...
read moreThanksgiving Post-Mortem
I’m baaaack! Didn’t post for the last couple of days, as I was busy cooking. Our traditional Thanksgiving is typically untraditional… if it’s unusual and sophisticated enough to qualify as a “feast,” then we’ll give it a go. We opted...
read moreStephen Colbert on “Pushy Pops”
Tomorrow is Monday… and here in SE Washington, it looks like it’s gonna be a dank, gray, frosty Monday at that. So I figured it would be good to close out the weekend with a giggle: Stephen Colbert’s take on the latest stupid, “as-seen-on-TV” food...
read morePizza Is Not a Vegetable
So much for good intentions… Is pizza with tomato sauce a vegetable? Apparently yes, according to Congress, which on Monday blocked legislation that would have made school lunches healthier. In their final version of a spending bill that includes planning for the $11...
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