Monday, March 25, 2019

Shoppers At UK Supermarkets That Got Rid Of Checkout Aisle Junk Food Purchased 16% Less Small Pack Junk Food One Year Later

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So it wasn't a randomized trial, but the results were interesting nonetheless. In the UK, a number of supermarkets electively decided ...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Saturday Stories: Artists' Deaths, "Nanny States", And Astral Weeks

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Elizabeth Weil, in The New York Times Magazine, with a long read on former artist colony cultivator, and now on trial (starting in April) fo...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

If You Tie Exercise To Weight Loss It Can Lead To Statements And Recommendations Like These

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I've long called for a rebranding of exercise  to promote it on the basis of all of its incredible benefits, and explicitly not in the...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Why I Don't Celebrate Marketing Fruit To Children By Way Of Cartoon Characters

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A few weeks ago I noticed the Center for Science in the Public Interest giving kudos to Disney and to The Lego Movie for their licensing o...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Saturday Stories: Feast Burden, Old Hate, And Wellness Cults

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Bobbie Ann Mason, in The New Yorker, on the burden of the feast . Isaac Chotiner, in The New Yorker, with a not at all gentle interview of...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Coca-Cola's New Simply Smoothie Strawberry Banana Contains 11.5 Teaspoons Of Sugar Per Cup

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I should probably be putting " smoothie " in sneer quotes when discussing this new product. The ingredients in this " smo...
Monday, March 11, 2019

Why Fund Or Publish Diet Studies That Have Little Relationship With Real Life?

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I'm honestly not trying to be mean, but that was the thought that went through my mind when I read the recently published study, Log O...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

Saturday Stories: Banal Hate, Ebola Retirement, And Jackbooted Tots

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Andrew Anthony, in The Guardian, on  the casual and banal antisemitism that has overtaken England. Helen Branswell, in STAT, on the retire...
Wednesday, March 06, 2019

No, New York State Academy Of Family Physicians (@NYSAFP), Sugar Sweetened Milk Is Not "Essential", Just Ask The @AAFP

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So what possible reason could the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) have to highlight in their weekly eNews circular sen...
Monday, March 04, 2019

Surprise? Offering In Class Breakfasts of Cereal, Muffins, Juice, and Milk For 2.5 Years Increases Obesity In Students

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Yup, it's true. Offer children in-class breakfasts consisting of cereal, muffins, juice, and milk for 2.5 years and compared with chil...