Should parents use chocolate milk to bribe toddlers to eat their vegetables? Mead Johnson’s chocolate-flavored “Toddler Formula” has received a decidedly mixed reaction from blogging moms, ranging from outrage to gratitude. Here’s a comment from nutritionist Marion Nestle: But really, aren't you worried that your baby might be suffering from a chocolate deficit ...
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Obesity: Moving beyond willpower vs. the food-industrial complex
Source: The Pilver Marc Ambinder has written a terrific article on obesity for The Atlantic. It's comprehensive and insightful, both objective and personal. Ambinder himself suffered from obesity until a year ago, when he went from 235 to 150 pounds following bariatric ...
Sin taxes: Financing health care with soda pop
Sourch: On the dash Sugary soft drinks are under attack from obesity experts, health commissioners, nutritionists, Congress, and President Obama. And the soft drink industry is fighting back. Health experts have proposed a tax on soft drinks of one ...
How Australia does preventive health care
Source: textually.org The Australian government is about to introduce a number of public health measures dealing with smoking, alcohol, and obesity. The measures are designed to reduce chronic diseases and make Australia the world's healthiest nation by 2020. Australia's National Preventative ...
Health Culture Daily Dose #17
Additional stories related to health. Categories include: More articles on Health Care Reform, History of Medicine, Medical Journalism, Medical Technology, Medical News, Pharmaceuticals, Pop Culture, Social Media and the Internet, and The So-Called Obesity "Epidemic." HEALTH CARE REFORM A 'Common Sense' American Health Reform Plan (The New York Times - Uwe ...
The So-Called Obesity "Epidemic"
Source: Everything Changes I was planning to include a category called "The So-Called Obesity 'Epidemic'" in the next Daily Dose, so I thought I should first explain what I mean by that. Back in June, there was an article in ...
Health Culture Daily Dose #9
In today's Dose: Health care reform (Robert Reich on the public option) Health news (Migraines, Nipple piercing and breast feeding) Obesity politics (TB and the thrifty gene) Medical journalism (Drug company ties to journalists) Health care reform Be sure to see today's two posts on Wendell Potter, the former health insurance executive who testified ...
Health Culture Daily Dose #5
In today's Dose: Health care reform (Health care reform won't make us healthier) The medical profession (Does the AMA represent doctors?; Does the public trust doctors?) Obesity politics (The cost of healthy eating) The doctor/patient relationship (The effects of malpractice on doctors) Graphic art (Anatomically correct shoes) Video (Sanjay Gupta performs surgery)
Health Culture Daily Dose #3
In today's Dose: Health care reform (Gawande radio interview; Public option) Health news (Bayer and prostate cancer) Obesity politics (Michelle Obama) Social networking technology (Doctors on Twitter and email) Health care reform National Public Radio has an interview with Atul Gawande about his recent
Calories: What are we really counting?
The talking calorie pedometer We spend a lot of energy on calories -- counting them, avoiding them, feeling guilty about them. But what are calories, anyway? Well, they ARE energy. Specifically, calories are the energy we get from the food we ...
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