Two excellent letters to the editor in today’s New York Times comment on the article I covered in this post. Please read the letters. They are worth your time.

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There was a very interesting article in the New York Time, essentially making the case that obesity and hunger are symptoms of the same problem: Poverty. If you look at rates of obesity, diabetes, poor access to grocery stores, poverty rates, unemployment and hunger measures, the Bronx lights up on all of those,” said Triada Stampas [...]

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Well men, forget about it. This is not for you. On the other hand, maybe it is.  Men, if you prefer more monkey and less chunky, this latest news is for you. But new research suggests that women who regularly consume moderate amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers and are [...]

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Just wanted to post this in support of a comment I made on a previous post. This is from a report by the Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov), titled “Prevalence of overweight, obesity and extreme obesity among adults: United States, trends 1976-80 through 2005-2006″. The devil may be in the details. Read at your leisure.

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Nestlé, that most ethical of international food conglomerates*, will, starting today, introduce it’s Jenny Craig brand of diet to Europe. France of all places. PARIS — Could U.S.-style diet coaching offer a solution to the rising tide of obesity in Europe? Nestlé, the Swiss food goliath, hopes so. It is bringing Jenny Craig, its quintessentially American [...]

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The New York Times today has a piece which debunks the idea that dropping one cookie a day can lead to meaningful weight loss: But bodies don’t gain or lose weight indefinitely. Eventually, a cascade of biological changes kicks in to help the body maintain a new weight. As the JAMA article explains, a person [...]

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One part of my daily news feed comes from a science oriented site. There is one new story each day, usually reflecting some recently published article in a peer reviewed journal. Today’s really caught my eye: Obesity linked to stupidity, brain scans show If the headline writer’s goal was to make enemies of 50% of [...]

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