IS “THE LAST SUPPER” GETTING BIGGER?
We’ve seen the long haired, young Jesus, the bearded serious Jesus, the bare chested Jesus, the suffering on the cross Jesus, but I don’t think I have seen the morbidly obese Jesus. Why do you suppose...
View ArticleBRAIN HARDWIRING APPEARS TO INFLUENCE WEIGHT GAIN
In a fascinating study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Tamas Horvath at the Yale School of Medicine has published findings that indicate our...
View ArticleUS OBESE POPULATION TOP 70 MILLION
The US Government reported this month that a little over 72 million US adults are now considered obese, based on having a body mass index of 30 or greater. This represents 26.7% of the US adult...
View ArticleBAD NEWS, WE’RE EVEN FATTER THAN WE THINK WE ARE
As if things weren’t bad enough, recent reporting tells us something that many of us already suspected: clothing manufacturers have been making larger and larger clothes for any given size. So adding...
View ArticleTREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Modern epidemics and health crises have demanded vigorous and sweeping responses from healthcare practitioners. But, they have also required vigorous responses from many other segments of society...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE OF FOOD IN THE ERA OF OBESITY
By many predictions, nearly all of us in this country will soon be overweight or obese. We are certainly well on our way thanks to a complex set of conditions that collectively produce the “obesogenic...
View ArticleARE CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS DESTINED TO BECOME OBESE?
A recent research study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrated that women with a family history of alcoholism were significantly more likely to become obese than...
View ArticleARE THERE PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS OUT THERE FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY?
With the success of graduated driving licenses in reducing deaths involving teenagers behind the wheel, we try to think about ways in which other regulatory solutions might impact childhood obesity....
View ArticleDoctors Sometimes Add to Misperceptions about Being Overweight
A great many of us perceive our weight to be in the normal range when in fact we are overweight or even seriously obese. And in many cases, our doctors are not helping correct the misperception....
View ArticleOBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
While weight gain and obesity adversely affect the heart and the entire cardiovascular system in many ways, I think it is important to point out a few of the ways doctors and researchers can actually...
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