Obesity

Air ambulances address issue of obese patients

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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

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The number of overweight Swiss children has decreased significantly over the past five years. - swis

Posted by slicely

The number of overweight Swiss children has decreased significantly over the past five years, according to a national study.

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Small World ride revamped for bigger passengers

Posted by Jeff

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

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75 percent of Americans overweight by 2015

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

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.

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The Debate Over Subsidizing Snacks

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

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.

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Livin' La Vida Low Carb

Posted by Orato

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...

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

Posted by Orato

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.

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