Tag: obesity epidemic
Living In A Republican-led State Is Hazardous To One’s Health
The redder the state, the shorter the life.
That is the argument economist Paul Krugman lays out in a December 2 New York Times column in...
There is an Obesity Epidemic In America, What Factors Are Involved?
There is an "Obesity Epidemic" in this country, and it has a price tag, Obesity costs our country about 150 billion a year.
This cost...
How the Obesity Epidemic Is Changing
Nearly 600,000 food items in the United States contain added sugars, but that all is about to change.
The FDA has proposed a measure that...
Texas School Districts Should Have Fryers Because ‘Liberty’
Texas Republicans are obsessed with liberty. Sid Miller is one of those Republicans, and as state agriculture commissioner, he believes the state's ban on...
Could It Happen Here? UK Parents Arrested Because Their Kid Is...
A middle-aged couple in the United Kingdom has been arrested for "cruelty and neglect" of their obese child.
The police investigation has shown that the...
