Last night’s broadcast of Paula Zahn Now on CNN included a debate between a staunch opponent of consumer freedom and an equally steadfast supporter, arguing over that most…
Talk about helplessness: “Just as an asthmatic can’t help but inhale pollutants in the air all around him, we Americans cannot help but ingest the calories present in…
This month’s issue of Esquire features a profile of eccentric Texas millionaire Irwin Leba, who has made it his life’s mission to persuade Congress to tax American fat…
If you read today’s news about low-fat diets, you might be tempted to start choking down lard by the bucketful (we wouldn’t recommend it, but to each his own). On…
Just yesterday we told you about our latest op-ed, which stressed the key role of personal responsibility in keeping yourself fit and healthy. This message came not a moment…
What does America lack? Government control of our food portions! This summer one particularly out-of-touch physician called for the Surgeon General to mandate that “all portions of food served…
In May, we told you that Detroiters didn’t take kindly to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s misguided tax aimed at fast food. But that hasn’t stopped Michigan father-and-son state legislative…
Another year, another Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) conference plotting obesity lawsuits. After last year’s conference we wrote, “It wouldn’t have been a conference on obesity…
