Obesity Articles
- What If It's All Been A Big Fat Lie? by Gary Taubes - An article in the New York Times that challenged the long-held belief that dietary fat is the cause of obesity and that a low-fat diet is ultimately healthy.
- Overweight Children May Develop Back Pain and Spinal Abnormalities ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2009) — Being overweight as a child could lead to early degeneration in the spine, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "This is the first study to show an association between increased body mass index (BMI) and disc abnormalities in children," said the study's lead author, Judah G. Burns, M.D., fellow in diagnostic neuroradiology at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City.
- The Low Fat Diet: A Big Fat Lie? by Jon Herring 11/11/2009
- ‘F’ as in Fat 2009 How Obesity Policies are Failing in America July 2009
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer- And Service-Specific Estimates July 2009
- The Long Reach of Obesity: Obesity is linked to a host of afflictions—from allergies and asthma to arthritis and skin infections. Energy Times, June 2009
- The Principals of Mindful Eating
- Trends in Intake of Energy and Macronutrients - United States, 1971-2000
- Can Mindful Eating Help You Lose Weight? March 05, 2009
- Risk Of Heart Failure: Patients With Both Conditions 'Very Difficult' To Treat
- ScienceDaily (May 30, 2009)
- Jimmy Moore discusses his 180 pound weight loss accomplished with the Atkins Diet:
Other Articles
- White Tea Helps Fight Obesity
- Obesity Costs California $41 Billion a Year California Center for Public Health Advocacy,
July 2009 - The Economic Impact of Obesity Anne Wolf, MS,RD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Low Carb Zaps Zits
- New classification for obesity Nature Reviews /Endocrinology, June 2009
- Poor quality of obesity care in the US Nature Reviews /Endocrinology, June 2009
- Full Disclosure Would a national law requiring calorie counts on chain restaurant menus help curb the obesity epidemic, or would we stay in 'Dining Denial'? By Karen Springen Newsweek, Nov 14, 2008
- Control your cravings: 8 tips to tame a raging appetite Adam Campbell, MSNBC, October 22, 2008
- Eating Quickly And Until Full Triples Risk Of Being Overweight Science Daily October 22, 2008
- Kids Thrive on Full Fat Organic Milk Natural News, September 21, 2008
- An Island First Nation's small nutrition miracle Margret Kopala, Times Colonist July 20, 2008
- Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets Face Off Major Study Ranks Low-Carb Diets Above the Rest ABC World News, July 16, 2008
- Palpitations Over Pills For Kids New York Times, July 13, 2008
- Dr. Eric Westman of Duke University lets science and his patients prove low-carb to him
- Not a Moment Too Soon, I Thought of Tim Russert New York Times, July 8, 2008
- Researchers say low-carbohydrate diets more effective in weight management
- Research sheds light on why protein-rich diets aid weight loss new research explains for the first time how and why a moderately high protein diet may be the best for losing weight
- Low-carb Diet Reduces Inflammation And Blood Saturated Fat In Metabolic Syndrome Science Daily Dec. 3, 2007
- Eat fats, get skinny? November 22, 2007
- Winning at Losing: Your body's use of insulin may point to the right diet. U. S. News & World Report.
- Low-carb diets get thermodynamic defence Biochemists argue that food calories are not all equal BioEd Online
- Carb Fruit: Lists of the Best and Worst Laura Dolson, About.com
- The low fat/low cholesterol diet is ineffective European Heart Journal (1997) 18, 18-22
- Informational Food Policy and Obesity Website: Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity