The facts:
Heavier individuals are forcing US hospitals to swap out wall-mounted toilets for sturdier (and larger) floor models.
Heavier individuals are forcing the Federal Transit Administration to test buses and make sure that they can handle an impact with the extra weight on board.
Heavier individuals are burning an extra billion gallons... Read more
Most of us are immediately attracted to pinch the pudgy cheeks of delicious toddlers. The problem seems to be that currently there are too many “very pudgy” toddlers walking the streets of an average US city. And moms do not seem to be able to discern the difference between healthy pinchable cheeks and a developing and... Read more
About five years ago a critical decision was made in California, independent of the discussions about possible mandates nationwide to combat childhood obesity. The California legislature passed initiatives meant to crackdown on specific food items being offered in school vending machines and school lunch programs. Over ten years ago,... Read more
Leave it to Italian researchers to uncover science that suggests that regardless of how full we feel after a big meal, the human body may be hard-wired to chemically induce over-eating, because of the chemical reward we feel from certain kinds of foods.
The Italian researchers coined the term “hedonic hunger" from this small... Read more
In the political war on obesity which side wins? A Chicago Tribune special report offered the following answer, "the side with the biggest wallets." And in this case that would be? The food and beverage industries, again and again. In fact, according to the article, they have never lost a significant political battle in the US, despite the... Read more
