obesity

Five ways to reboot the global food economy to make it healthier for all - The Conversation COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit health (lockdowns) can be seen as bad economic prosperity. A similar paradox is at the...

The case against sugar - aeon A potent toxin that alters hormones and metabolism, sugar sets the stage for epidemic levels of obesity and diabetes ‘Virtually zero.’ That’s a reasonable estimate of the probability that public health authorities in the foreseeable future will successfully curb...

The obesity era - aeon As the American people got fatter, so did marmosets, vervet monkeys and mice. The problem may be bigger than any of us Years ago, after a plane trip spent reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground and Weight Watchers magazine, Woody Allen melded the two...

Obesity: How to help your child eat healthily - BBC Across the UK, record numbers of children are obese - but one city appears to have bucked the trend. Figures presented at an obesity conference suggest Leeds has managed to reduce child obesity rates by 6.4% over recent years. A key part of...

Severe obesity raises particular travel health issues - Reuters International travelers who are obese may face difficulties with flights, hotel access and certain leisure activities, say researchers who suggest the travel industry and travel health specialists should address these issues...

It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why. - Vox “In America, the unhealthiest foods are the tastiest foods, the cheapest foods, the largest-portion foods.” It’s no secret that Americans have gotten much, much bigger over the past few decades. The signs are all around...