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New Yorkers try to swallow calorie sticker shock

Putting the brakes on thoughtlessly inhaling calories is exactly the effect New York City health officials hoped the law would have. They say calorie labels could reduce the number of obese New Yorkers by 150,000 over the next five years, and prevent 30,000 cases of diabetes. New York is not the only city pushing calorie labels. New laws in Seattle and California's Santa Clara and San Francisco are scheduled to go into effect later this year,

Air ambulances address issue of obese patients

The obesity epidemic meets the health care crisis. Meanwhile, we continue subsidizing corn syrup.

Small World ride revamped for bigger passengers

The Small World ride now must accommodate adults who frequently weigh north of 200 pounds, which it often cannot do. Increasingly, overweighted boats get to certain points in the ride and bottom out, becoming stuck in the flume. via BoingBoing

75 percent of Americans overweight by 2015

Fear your twinkies not terrorists: If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.

The Debate Over Subsidizing Snacks

Increasingly, people are blaming the farm bill, and the longstanding agriculture policy it embodies, for some of the problems afflicting the country: the growth in obesity, the increase in food poisonings, and the disappearance of the family farm.

Livin' La Vida Low Carb

With shows like Big Medicine premiering on The Learning Channel, I m afraid there s going to be a trend of gastric bypass surgery going mainstream. I am so fearful that we have gotten to the point in our country where we look at surgery as a first option, rather than as a last resort. I don t think enough of the doctors have educated themselves about all the natural ways that people can lose weight...

The High Price of Twinkies: Driven By a Demon Called The Inner Fat Kid

I was a timid little kid. So much so that I ve often wondered if my caesarian birth simply sprang me from that comfy womb before I was ready. By the time I was halfway through elementary school, I had managed to shield myself from the growing number of bullies with a growing armor of fat... Eventually I came to feel terribly isolated and freakish. There was only one kid in class fatter than me. Little solace; I saw my own misery in his. My parents tried to help, but it came to nothing.

Eating Organic on a Food Stamp Budget

Sarah Rich: There's a paradoxical tension between rising public interest in healthy, organic, local food and rising rates of obesity-related illness in the US. To put it...

Crematoria struggle with obese

What we need are Coke-branded coffins: "Standard coffins range from 16-20 inches, but coffins up to 40 inches are becoming increasingly common. The LGA, which represents over 400 councils in England and Wales, is warning that local authorities are finding that many of their furnaces are too narrow to deal with these larger coffins."

Empty House, Full Stomach

My name is Greg Penney, I'm 17 years old, 5'6" and weigh more than most teenagers my age. I've always been the class clown, hiding behind my jokes, but it's not always easy to see the pain I carry inside. Now I'd like to offer my voice, so society can hear about it in my own words.

More Dangerous Than Smoking? Death by Soda

Too put this dangerous pattern in to perspective, one regular 12-ounce can of sugar-sweetened soda contains approximately 150 calories with close to 50 grams of sugar. If this is added to the typical American diet, one can of soda per day could lead to a weight gain of 15 pounds in one year.

Overweight? Blame bacteria in your gut

But growing evidence of this link gives scientists a potentially new and still distant way of fighting obesity: Change the bacteria in the intestines and stomach. It also may lead to a way of fighting malnutrition in the developing world.

Seduced by Snacks? No, Not You

When it comes to the slippery issues of snacking and portion control, no one thinks he or she is the schmo who digs deep into the snack bowl without thinking, or orders dessert just because a restaurant plays a certain kind of music. To a person, people will swear they aren t influenced by the size of a package or how much variety there is on a buffet or the fancy name on a can of beans, but they are, Dr. Wansink said. Every time. He has the data to prove it. Dr. Wansink, who holds a doctorate in marketing from Stanford University and directs the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, probably knows more about why we put things in our mouths than anybody else. His experiments examine the cues that make us eat the way we do.

Goodbye, war on smoking. Hello, war on fat.

Should we regulate French fries like cigarettes? There's no such thing as secondhand obesity.

Everybody Else is Fat

In a new Pew Research Center survey, 90 percent of Americans say most other Americans are overweight. But only 39 percent see themselves as overweight, leaving at least an 11 percent discrepancy in perceptions. Only 70 percent said the people they know are overweight.