Apparently there is a war on obesity. Trouble is, there does not seemed to be a well-defined enemy in this war. Is it the fast food industry? Perhaps it is the actual fat in foods? Maybe it is the obese person themselves? Or their wicked, neglectful parents? Or perhaps it is carbohydrates, not fats, that [...]

Yesterday’s Weekend Herald contained a couple of articles on Bisphenol-A, otherwise known as BPA. BPA is used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics – the commonest plastic used to make drink bottles and linings of cans. There have been studies in rats and mice that show that BPA causes altered sexual development, aggression and obesity. [...]

Otago university has just presented a study suggesting that healthy food is subsidized for the poor. Discount cards or vouchers for cut-price, healthy food have been proposed for the poor and chronically ill. Research by an Otago University health economist proposes a food-discount system similar to the food stamps distributed to the poor in the [...]

Apparently we are officially the third fattest nation on the planet. Our obesity rate is 26.5% of the population (Mexico is 30% and the US 34.3%). Australia has a rate of 21.7%, but as the Aussies haven’t updated that figure since 1999, I find it as believable as their underarm bowling skills. Inevitably, the obesity [...]

Some interesting new research shows that increasing exercise regimes at school results in no overall increase in expenditure of energy in children. Essentially, it seems that increasing school activities just reduces the after-school energy levels of children, so that they do less than they already do. So it seems that school exercise programs are unlikely to reduce [...]

Tony Ryall has announced that the ten health indicators of Labour have been pared down to 6. I have already blogged on how I thought those targets were hopelessly unfocussed and soft. Particularly the four that have been removed. As usual, the media have provided no hard analysis of the four that have been removed, [...]

NZ scientist’s gene research could be the answer to the obesity epidemic Well, I’ve always known it was my jeans that make look fat… Add a Comment