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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Apr 12, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Iraq whistle-blower reminds us that Bush lied. Plus: Obama in the Holy Land, antagonizing fat people and fighting to save a great work of political art.
Posted on Mar 22, 2013
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Iraq whistle-blower reminds us that Bush lied. Plus: Obama in the Holy Land, antagonizing fat people and fighting to save a great work of political art.
Posted on Mar 22, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Feb 3, 2013
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
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Setting an alarm clock before you go to bed could be hazardous to your health, according to research that looks at the body’s internal clock.
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
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Flickr/Arthaey Angosii
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The same gene that may be increasing your girth may also be making you happier, according to a new report.
Posted on Nov 20, 2012
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Photo by Ed T (CC-BY-SA)
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The candidates have talked a lot about health care this election cycle, but not so much about the actual health of Americans. According to a study by Gallup, adult Americans of just about every age are likelier to be obese today than they were in 2008.
Posted on Oct 24, 2012
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Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis —
Posted on Oct 7, 2012
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Still from Pixar's "Wall-E"
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Using a Tanzanian tribe as a stand-in for ancient humans, an international group of scientists determined that the hunter-gatherers burned calories no better than we fat, slobby Westerners, when corrected for size. This suggests that overeating is more to blame for obesity than the modern sedentary lifestyle.
Posted on Jul 26, 2012
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Jul 19, 2012
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Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Jul 8, 2012
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By David Sirota — With the three meals hitting their caloric max-out point, Yum! Brands has been leading the effort to add a whole new gorging session to America’s daily schedule.
Posted on Jun 17, 2012
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Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle —
Posted on Jun 2, 2012
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Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle —
Posted on May 17, 2012
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Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, Florida Today and the Fort Myers News-Press —
Posted on May 8, 2012
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New study, new round of bad news. Researchers have determined that the level of obesity in the U.S. is being dramatically underreported. The current, too-conservative estimate already says that one in three Americans is obese, so this may be one time you don’t want to click “Read more.”
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Sep 18, 2011
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Associated Press / Mel Evans
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Chris Christie, who maintains he will not run for president although he recently made a visit to Iowa and Mitt Romney declared the New Jersey governor as his second choice for running mate, was hospitalized Thursday after an asthma attack. (more)
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Flickr / robnguyen01
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A study published in the journal Neurology reports that people who are obese in middle age are almost four times more likely than those of normal weight to develop diseases that lead to dementia in later life. (more)
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By David Sirota — The real explanation for the gender disparity is found in a chauvinist culture whose double standards demand physical perfection from women while simultaneously celebrating male corpulence.
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Flickr / Uwe Hermann (CC-BY-SA)
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According to The New York Times’ Gary Taubes, who isn’t a scientist but is a journalist obsessed with the topic, the recent uptick in anti-sugar sentiment in nutritional (and lay) circles isn’t without basis. In fact, he goes so far as to essentially answer his headline question “Is Sugar Toxic?” in the affirmative.
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Flickr / CLF(CC-BY)
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Soon, Americans won’t be able to hide from the sometimes dismaying nutritional readouts on menus at their favorite chain restaurants—and even on some vending machines—but they still can in the soothing, darkened space of their local movie theater.
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AP / John Amis
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By David Coleman — The Obama administration is under attack for alleged nanny-state behavior—telling kids what to eat and how they should exercise. But where’s the critique of corporate intrusion into the personal lives of employees?
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In an effort to combat skyrocketing obesity rates and increase the general health of children in the U.S., Michelle Obama launched a campaign to encourage breast-feeding among American mothers. Who has a problem with that? Tea party hostesses Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
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flickr /Oberazzi (CC-BY-SA)
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Oh good, here’s another sciencey reason for working moms to fret. Researchers from three big U.S. universities teamed up to come to the dispiriting conclusion that there could well be a correlation between the amount of time mothers work and how much their kids weigh.
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Flickr / Mason Masteka (CC-BY-SA)
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Sad but apparently true: Europeans are gaining on Americans. According to a newly released study, more than half of the adult European population is overweight, and their kids aren’t exactly fitness champs either.
Posted on Dec 7, 2010
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Centers for Disease Control / Dr. G. William Gary Jr.
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It could be that obese kids are just likelier to catch colds, but research suggests that adenovirus 36 may actually be rewriting fat cells in children, causing them to gain more weight.
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flickr / mauricesvay
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Those who have ever suspected, after apparently taking leave of their reason in the face of their favorite junk food, that their guilt-inducing pleasure contained some highly addictive substance may not be too far off the mark, according to a new study.
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Wikimedia Commons / The Yorck Project
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Imagining and depicting Jesus’ final meal with his apostles has been an artistic obsession since the dawning of the Common Era, and thus it’s only fitting that the holy vittles on their plates might reflect the attitude about food prevalent in the cultures that produced the artists.
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Flickr / mor10am
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Low carb or low fat? Diet trends have led to diet debate. Luckily, some actual scientists are weighing in. The preliminary results of a small study suggest that some of us just process food differently, and picking the right diet based on a gene test could shed two to three times more weight.
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John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
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Illustration from sanctumsolitude and Marc Mongenet
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America isn’t the only country trying to eat its way to happiness. A new study predicts that by the year 2020, 81 percent of adult British men and 68 percent of women will be obese or overweight. (continued)
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Flickr / Flair Candy
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If it is true that “how you do one thing is how you do everything,” then Americans are right on track with their consumption habits, both in terms of food and information. Among his observations, The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson points out how the info-glut on the Internet doesn’t exactly lead to a more accurately informed public.
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Flickr / Mr Padraig
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An assessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found the obesity rate among Americans to be leveling off or even slowing down. But experts warn against premature celebration, as the country’s overweight/obesity level still sits at an unhealthy 68 percent of adults.
Posted on Jan 14, 2010
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Flickr / Combined Media
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New research indicates that nearly 10 percent of all U.S. medical spending goes toward treating obesity and diseases more common in the overweight, such as diabetes and heart disease. Many health economists believe it is one of the leading causes of rising health care spending. About one-third of adult Americans are obese.
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By Ellen Goodman — I don’t know that we will ever have a dramatic moment in the annals of Big Food like the 1994 testimony of tobacco executives before Congress. But I have begun to wonder whether this is the summer when the (groaning) tables have turned on the obesity industry.
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Flickr / VirtualErn
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With news that American health remains in general decline and more than one-third of adults are obese, consider this a public service announcement: Soup is the secret weapon against fat. Scientists have confirmed that soup keeps you fuller longer than other food.
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New York Health Commissioner and aspiring prop comic Richard Daines, M.D., defends his governor’s proposed obesity tax with this hokey yet alarming demonstration.
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By Marie Cocco — One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. And the ones that mother gives you soon will control your cholesterol.
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The Onion has envisioned a way to make America’s march toward obesity more efficient.
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It’s beginning to look like there’s nowhere to hide from the often-referenced “obesity epidemic.” First came the news this month that friends may cause each others’ waistlines to expand, and now there’s a new study out that links excess weight, in certain cases, to a common cold-inducing virus, adenovirus-36.
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By Marie Cocco — Food companies that market obesity-inducing products to young children are taking a lesson from big tobacco and getting ahead of the lawsuit curve.
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Researchers have found a way to trigger a gene that causes the body to burn fat—without exercise. Mice tested with the wonder drug not only lost weight, but kept the pounds off while eating fatty foods. Needless to say, the same effect can be achieved through a healthy lifestyle, but who has the time?
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By Marie Cocco — If we are what we eat and we eat what is advertised, then American children are facing death by junk food.
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bbc.co.uk
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British scientists are developing a chewing gum that could help to regulate the appetites of obesity sufferers. Although the research is promising, the first infomercials are years away.
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