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CDC Nominee Faces Consumer Backlash

Thomas Frieden, President Obama’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a lightning rod for controversy. In the days since his nomination was announced, major…
PostedMay 18, 2009 at12:00 am

When Food Warriors Jump the Gun

“You might think that experience would inspire caution among public health officials,” writes John Tierney in The New York Times today, “but instead they seem to be gaining more confidence.”…
PostedApril 7, 2009 at12:00 am

Two More (Freedom-Killing) Anti-Obesity Bills for New Yorkers

Many media professionals know that the end of the workweek is the best time to announce news that you don’t  want widely publicized. So it seems hardly coincidental that New…
PostedApril 6, 2009 at12:00 am

Let the Kids Get Out and Play

You probably had no idea, but it’s National Recess Week. Sad but true: It seems Americans need to be reminded that healthy children need routine playtime. And the stigmatization…
PostedMarch 4, 2009 at12:00 am

HFCS Mercury Follies (Or,

Pop quiz time! Which "Devil’s candy" has been lambasted for being too affordable, making children fat, and turning male frogs into hermaphrodites? (Hint: It was famously…
PostedJanuary 30, 2009 at12:00 am

Don’t Get Tricked When You Hand Out Treats

As children across the nation tweak their Trick-or-Treating costumes, and politicos argue over which rob-from-the-rich / give-to-the-poor candidate should dress as Robin Hood this year, America’s food police…
PostedOctober 31, 2008 at12:00 am

Lifestyle Changes Are The Real Obesity Culprit

  Sometimes good advice comes from unexpected sources. The chief executive of the world’s biggest soft drink company served up some common sense during the InterBev 2008 conference yesterday:…
PostedOctober 21, 2008 at12:00 am

Unsportsmanlike Conduct From British Food Cops

Across the pond, the London Organising Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games is lining up official sponsors to help pay for the coming sporting spectacle. They recently signed Cadbury,…
PostedOctober 20, 2008 at12:00 am

Suspension Over Sweets

What does it take for a school to suspend an eighth-grader, bar his attendance from an honors dinner, and strip him of his post as class Vice President? If you…
PostedMarch 12, 2008 at12:00 am

Baked Good Boycott

Girl Scouts may soon be forced to trade in their merit badges for prison stripes. Today, publicist-turned-obesity-activist MeMe Roth accused the scouts of endangering public health. Known for being…
PostedFebruary 27, 2008 at12:00 am