Let’s Move — Michelle Obama’s Campaign Against Childhood Obesity
It may sound impossible, but Michelle Obama, the self-proclaimed “Mom-In-Chief“, has made it her goal to end childhood obesity within a generation. Â (You can read the official memorandum here). Though, really, her campaign began long before the official Let’s Move program. Â She reinstated the White House garden – the first since seen since Elanor Roosevelt [...]
February 27, 2010
Tags: change, heroes, Michelle Obama, moms, nutrition, obesity Posted in: Health, Politics 
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Lobbyist Run Non-Profit Scams
Rachel Maddow is pretty awesome. Â She tells it like it is. Â Listen to her dish it out against the Center for Consumer Freedom. Â Really, that should be “consumer freedom“:
If you are further interested in what a crackpot Richard Berman is, you can find out about him and his expertise at bermanexposed.com. Â Essentially, there are a [...]
October 5, 2009
Tags: Health, heroes, innovation, marketing, obesity, soda, sugar Posted in: Fun Food Facts, Health, Politics No Comments
Soda Taxes Part Two – The Industry Creates A Citizens Coalition
Does the potential revenue from soda taxes persuade anyone to give anyone a second thought?
Not a chance, says the group Americans Against Food Taxes. Â Americans Against Food Taxes is a “coalition of concerned citizens” that is strictly opposed to the sweetened beverage taxes. Â However, on more than cursory view, you find that it is actually [...]
September 30, 2009
Tags: Barack Obama, change, marketing, nutrition, obesity, policy, soda, sugar Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology No Comments
The Future Of Health Care Is Fighting The Farm Lobby
In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, Michael Pollan portends the entangled futures of health care, obesity, and insurance companies. Just as the insurance companies joined governmental efforts to rally against smoking, Pollan foresees insurance companies tackling obesity. This is necessarily after upcoming health care reforms.
Even the weaker versions of reform [...]
September 11, 2009
Tags: agriculture, Barack Obama, change, farmers, Health, Michael Pollan, nutrition, obesity, policy, subsidies Posted in: Health, Politics No Comments
“Smart Choices” A Dumb Move?
Diet Pepsi, Kraft’s macaroni & cheese, Kid Cuisine, Lunchables, and Froot Loops (now with added fiber!) are just some of the 500 processed foods getting the green “Smart Choices” label. “Smart Choices” is front-of-the-package labeling meant to help rushed or confused consumers pick healthy(er?) foods.
Sure, Diet Pepsi and Kraft’s macaroni and cheese are smart [...]
September 7, 2009
Tags: food event, Health, innovation, marketing, nutrition, obesity, pepsi, sugar Posted in: Health, Science & Technology 2 Comments
Stop Picking On Soda, Says American Beverage Association
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene started its new campaign against sweetened beverages. In an effort to curb obesity by getting people to think about their caloric intake, posters ask “Are you pouring on the pounds?”
To many public health officials, soda and other sweetened beverages are the scourge of obesity. They [...]
September 2, 2009
Tags: cane sugar, Health, marketing, nutrition, obesity, soda, sugar Posted in: Health, Politics 5 Comments
Time Magazine Takes A Bite Out Of Cheap Food
Usually when the mainstream media talks about the plight of factory farmed animals and their deleterious effect on the environment, they do so in passing. It’s almost a casual afterthought to the story about why eating red meat will kill you faster, if it gets mentioned at all. Enter Times (online) magazine. The article Getting [...]
August 24, 2009
Tags: agriculture, bacon, cows, factory farms, farmers, Health, obesity, policy, waste Posted in: Health, Politics No Comments
Michelle Obama, The New First Lady Of The Food Movement
For a while now, I’ve been saying that we need an Al Gore for the food movement. Â The food movment needs a good salesman and a connector, someone with ties to the ‘inside’. Â More importantly, the food movement needs someone that the public recognizes and trusts to have their interests at heart. Â With Michelle [...]
June 22, 2009
Tags: Health, heroes, Michelle Obama, obesity Posted in: Health, Politics 3 Comments
Another Study Damns Excess Fructose Consumption
Another study is poised to enrage those embattled against sodas and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). A 10-week study led by Peter Havel from the University of California at Davis had groups of overweight men and women consume 25% of their daily calories from either glucose- or fructose-sweetened beverages. The results were dramatic.
Although there was comparable [...]
May 25, 2009
Tags: food, Health, nutrition, obesity, sugar Posted in: Health, Science & Technology No Comments
Soda Tax, An Idea That’s Bubbling All Over
Everyone is excited about soda taxes, except for the soda companies and me. Kelly Brownell, a longtime obesity researcher at Yale, and Thomas Frieden, the New York City health commissioner wrote a persuasive argument (pdf) for the imposition of soda taxes in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that has [...]
May 22, 2009
Tags: food, food event, Health, nutrition, obesity, soda, subsidies, sugar Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology 2 Comments
