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Dieting Forces the Brain To Eat Itself

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:56:00 +0000

When you’re trying to lose weight by cutting down on your food intake your brain is busy chomping down — on itself.

Leading Doctor Recommends Obese Children Be Taken From Their Parents

Grace Niemitalo — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:25:21 +0000

A doctor has proposed putting severely obese children in temporary foster homes.

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, made this recommendation Wednesday in highly respected 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'

US Government Mandates Fast Food Nutrition Labeling

Grace Niemitalo — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:25:15 +0000

In an effort to help people make more informed choices when eating away from home, the federal government is introducing mandatory nutrition labeling for fast food menus and vending machines.

Items sold at movie theaters are exempt, which is odd given what calorie bombs those snacks can be.

The problem is that few Americans pay much attention to the nutrition labeling on even the packaged foods brought into their homes.