“Stop. Step away from the junk food and listen carefully. We Americans are overweight, and it’s because we eat too much of the wrong stuff.” So begins a…
Last month a New York Times column seriously proposed that the federal government should slap an extra tax on fat people. Yesterday The Washington Post aired the same…
Last month we told you about some of our most ridiculous ideas for what health nannies might one day propose to combat the “obesity epidemic” — including excise…
The “wild and wonderful” state of West Virginia is planning a new campaign urging residents to reduce their soda consumption. Nidia Henderson, wellness manager at the…
Don’t you just love governments that regulate your excesses? Greg Critser does. The author of Fat Land has published a column in The New York Times praising the…
The front page of today’s Washington Post (along with at least 74 other major papers) announced that the Bush Administration would support the Framework…
In the name of teaching kids responsibility and the importance of making good choices, states and localities across the country have stripped students of the ability and responsibility to…
To Connecticut, Texas, and Kentucky, add Tennessee to the list of states deliberating over-the-top legislation to combat childhood obesity. A bill under consideration…
“Remember that scene from 1984 where Winston Smith is hectored by a grim woman on the other side of the view screen for insufficient vigor in touching his toes?” asks…
