The Georgia Children’s Health Alliance is running an ad campaign against childhood obesity called Strong4Life, which recently ignited a fire...

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Perforated-burger enthusiast Martin Kessman is suing his local White Castle because the fast food joint has allegedly failed to provide seat...

Yesterday, M showed me this tweet by @SFoodie , the food blog run by SF Weekly : This made me want to reach into the Internet and thrott...

McDonald's announced today that it's making changes to Happy Meals by: (1) adding a serving of fruit or vegetables, and (2) subtra...

Tired of my harangues about the importance of sleep? Too bad. Suck it up. Tonight, let’s look at what happens once you drift off into slu...

A new eight-story Bronx apartment complex called "The Melody" is about to open its doors this summer. And why do we care? Because ...

It may surprise you to learn that PepsiCo, the largest food-and-beverage company in the U.S., doesn’t just make cola. Eighteen of its brand...

Bon Appétit recently published a piece entitled " We're Calling B.S. on the Paleolithic 'Lifestyle' Trend. " The headl...

Check out this time-lapse video of the Centers for Disease Control's maps showing rising obesity rates in the U.S.: And yet we'r...

University of Minnesota researchers have found that parents of young kids " tend to neglect their own health and are therefore general...

Got 15 minutes to spare? Then check out Terry Gross's interview of Kevin Patterson , the Canadian physician who penned a Maisonneuve art...

More evidence that the low-fat hypothesis is crap . (Click the image for the full graphic) In 1977, Senator George McGovern's Se...

Who says all the nutrition information in glossy magazines is total bullshit? (Okay, besides me.) Fine. I'll concede that occasionall...

According to news reports , American women are in a state of " unsatisfactory " health. More women are binge drinking, saying ...

As you know, I'm a big fan of Gary Taubes of " Good Calories, Bad Calories " fame. A few hours ago, Taubes kicked off the m...

I enjoyed this essay by Kevin Patterson in Maisonneuve , which lends support to Paleo/Primal approaches to nutrition, and also echoes points...

Seriously. You'll lose fat and live longer . Sleep debt has a harmful impact on carbohydrate metabolism and endocrine function. The ef...

Actually, that burger looks pretty damned good.

One of the few drawbacks to avoiding obesity: You can't dispense $7.50 in coins from your belly button. (Source: URDB )