Exhaustive research has shown that obesity is a complex problem with many factors and causes. Why, then, do the nutrition nannies continually blame target foods that they have deemed…
Michelle Obama is the nation’s most ardent obesity nanny-in-chief. On the heels of her personal anti-obesity campaigning and finger-wagging, the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity released…
San Francisco’s proposed Happy Meal toy prohibition had been up in the air for a couple weeks. To his eternal credit, SFO Mayor (and now Lieutenant Governor-Elect) Gavin Newsom …
The “Physicians Committee” for “Responsible Medicine” (PCRM) is neither a physicians group, nor responsible, nor interested in medicine. (They do seem to be a committee.) So while PCRM claims to be…
New York City Mayor (and professional irritant) Michael Bloomberg has launched an all-out war against food and drink, particularly soda. Tossing and turning every night over the prospect that someone…
Alex Bogusky was an advertising firebrand renowned as a groundbreaking idea machine. He created the Burger King royalty, the oversized fast-food icon that made BK some giant profits. He’s also done work for Domino’s and Coca-Cola.
Professional busybodies have spent years wringing their hands over high fructose corn syrup, that “everywhere” sugar used to sweeten many foods. An intense fear-mongering campaign sought to tie high…
For years America’s self-anointed “food police” have targeted schools in their quest to impose heavy-handed policies on what people eat and drink—even to the point of cupcake bans.
With the advent of “fast-food” lawsuits a few years ago, the trendy theory seemed to be that restaurant food was responsible for obesity. There’s a smattering of reasons…
A new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reports that kids are getting too many calories from “junk” foods, like sugary drinks, pizza, and whole…
