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In a fascinating but abbreviated article on a potential cause of worldwide obesity, the “protein leverage hypothesis” offers new meat to chew on, but some very critical pieces are missing. First let me summarize, the article itself: The Charles Perkins Centre came up with this idea that mankind seeks out proteins, more so in theRead More
What I Learned This Summer: On Fats and Fatness; The Joy of Joint Replacement; How To Recover From Surgery. Also, Rest In Peace, Ted Welch. fithappens.spring.2014
This is the second installment of a 3 Part essay on diabetes and exercise that I did for Medical Fitness Network (http://medicalfitnessnetwork.org/). The first section is descriptive of the mechanisms of the two main types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. This section speaks to the science behind the strong recommendation to initiate anRead More
Much has been written about dieting, exercising, or combining the two for effective weight loss. Many a book, and many an author, have pretended to know the answer for the vast majority of those carrying excess weight. While some of these sources have gained wt in the process – made tons of moolah – fewRead More
This op-ed in the Times – http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/when-big-food-makes-its-… – highlights perhaps one of the strangest elements of american politics that has long gone unencumbered by both parties: the revolving door and closed feedback loop of those who should be regulated by those who were once or will someday soon be working for the very industries thatRead More
The mckinsey quarterly report, an on line economics think-tank-like publication, comes from an economics/business perspective and articles deal with everything from banking to investing to market dynamics….to health care. Why not? That’s the fastest growing expense in our and the world’s economies. In the US, we spend about 16+% of our GDP on health care,Read More
This chart, from the McKinsey Quarterly, a free, on-line business resource, demonstrates the real and devastating costs of obesity in america. as the article points out, these costs are rising world-wide: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/newsletters/chartfocus/2011_01.htm I have written much on obesity, some to the dismay of my colleagues with the EDCT. nonetheless, since each person’s weight issue isRead More
Should the State dictate what you eat? nope. but if it’s paying for it, it has the right to lay out a menu that it believes is better for you than menus we know are unhealthy and promote obesity. hence, when I read this in the Times: Childhood: Obesity and School Lunches – I feltRead More
The search for clues as to why we americans are getting so fat over the past few decades stops at nothing. The other day I read about mice that were genetically altered to not be able to process certain fats and their brains told them to eat more. they got fat. duh! The scientists conjectureRead More
Yes, it’s what you do or don’t do with your time, money, and mouth. yes, there are many options available and many influences that often direct your time, money, and mouth away from healthier choices. But…can society, politics, and the private sector work together to reverse the trend toward obesity in america effectively? Can it,Read More
