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Americans' Heads Are Getting Bigger
The skull size of white Americans has increased 6.8 percent since the late 1800's, according to research performed by forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee at its main campus in...
View ArticleCOCA-COLA TO NEW YORKERS: Michael Bloomberg Thinks You're Stupid
A public affairs flak from The Coca-Cola Company reached out to Business Insider this afternoon and requested that we add the company's perspective to our reporting on New York City Mayor Michael...
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The New World's Fattest Cat Is Up For Adoption
While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wages a war on sugary drinks, an animal shelter downtown is waging another war for health—that of 9-year old male cat Sponge Bob. Now thought to be the...
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Dear New York Mayor Bloomberg, I Voted For You, When Did You Wake Up And Go...
Go ahead and yell at me, but I have been a huge fan of New York mayor Mike Bloomberg over the years. I admire his discipline and clear decision-making. I like that he's independent and not beholden to...
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iPhone App Reveals Tons Of Eye-Popping Facts About What People Eat
Last week we told you that New Yorkers drink nearly seven times more coffee than other city folks. The finding comes from Massive Health using data collected by an iPhone app called The Eatery. The...
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Obese Americans Aren't Buckling Up Because They Feel Too Constricted
A recent study from the University of Buffalo shows that "morbidly obese" individuals, or those with a body mass index of at least 40, are 67 percent less likely to buckle their seatbelts than normal...
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How Should America Solve Its Fat Problem?
Fat has become an epidemic in America, with a staggering 30% of the population now classified as "obese." Although there have been reports that obesity growth has tapered off, a new study predicts...
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Science, Evolutionary Biology, And Simple Economics Say Bloomberg's Soda Ban...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the political economy of the obesity epidemic. Here, from a great oped in yesterday’s NYT, is the evolutionary science behind both the problem and the solution. Here’s...
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IT'S TRUE: If You're Not Getting Enough Sleep, You'll Probably Get Fat
Scientists have long associated sleep deprivation with obesity, but whether one causes the other has been unclear. According to two new studies, sleeping fewer hours than your body needs does in fact...
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These Are The Five Worst Fast Food Meals For Kids
A year after American fast food companies agreed to make kids meals healthier, nutritionists and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit advocacy group, evaluated the changes...
View ArticleWHY WE'RE FAT: It's All Wall Street's Fault, Says Expert
Forty years ago, obesity was a small concern -- if one at all -- to governments, health care professionals and individuals. Today, obesity rates have skyrocketed around the globe and present one of...
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The World Population Is 17 Million Tons Overweight
While everyone is hemming and hawing over New York City Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban on large sodas, you have to consider this: the United States makes up one-third of the world's weight from...
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25 Years Of America Getting Fatter [MAPS]
The Centers for Disease Control has a bunch of maps that illustrate the dramatic rise in obesity in United States over the last 25 years. What's shocking is that in 1990 no state had obesity levels...
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Burger King's Upscale Whopper Bar In Times Square Shut Down For Health...
New York City's Department of Health shut down Burger King's Whopper Bar in Times Square for the second time in a month due to health code violations, adding to the chain's free fall from fast-food...
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Some Gyms Across The Country Are Banning Skinny Clients Altogether
Losing weight is no easy feat, and it certainly doesn't help your goal when Fabio is right next to you at the gym flexing his six-pack in the mirror and grunting like a wild boar every time he does...
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Something's Making China Really Fat, Really Fast
Mariela Alfonzo just got back from a three-week trip to China, where she's been researching walkability in the rapidly expanding megalopolises of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. And a lot of what...
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New Yorkers Really Are Healthier Than Most Americans
With all the recent commotion surrounding Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban oversized soft drinks and the latest news that life expectancy in New York City is rising faster than anywhere else in the...
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11 Industries That Are Getting Rich Off Obesity (ARNA, CAG, CYH)
Nearly two billion people are overweight or obese in the world. This is remarkably bad for our health, but, as with all things, great for few groups. Case in point this week the FDA approved the...
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Watching TV Makes Toddlers Chubby And Weak
Researchers have found that the more hours young children spend watching TV, the worse their muscular fitness and the larger their waist size as they approach their teens. Parents increasingly use the...
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Here's Where You Belong On The 'Global Fat Scale'
As the world gets more obese, governments are bracing for added expenditures in infrastructure, pollution and healthcare. Now a tool by the BBC quantifies exactly where you fit in on the global scale....
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