obesity paradox

Mar 14

March 14, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

Obesity and Heart Disease: Fraternal but Not Identical Twins

The weight-related health crises that developed and now lesser-developed nations are facing cannot be ignored but also cannot be solved readily. Despite the available science – of nutrition and of activity – does not impact human behavior as rational economists would have assumed until 2008. That was when the world took notice that (1) humansRead More

Dec 11

December 11, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Is “Fat but Fit” an Option?

In many previous posts (see here and here) and newsletters (see here and here) I have covered this sensitive topic, one that has been researched in pretty good depth over the past 2 decades. Dr Steven Blair, author of several articles with large data sets that show that being fit, even if beingRead More