Category: Media
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Things to Read: Scandals That Aren’t
11 comments on Things to Read: Scandals That Aren’tThis bit on Fast Food Restaurants Not Single-Handedly Ending Child Obesity is hysterical. Yes, some fast food restaurants pledged to make “healthier” choices available, and yes, they make some “healthier” choices available. Is it really a surprise that you might have to, gasp, order the milk and apple slices instead of pop and fries? […]
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Many Obese People DO Look Great The Way They Are
It’s hard to read this and not just shake my head. [M]any clinically obese men and women think they’re already at a healthy weight. In a study of 2,056 obese people in Dallas County (all participants had a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or higher), researchers asked each participant to look at nine […]
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Quick: Men get Photoshopped too; Diet Wars; Where the Heck Have I Been?
This short shows before/after shots for a fictional bodybuilding product that were shot on the same day. The man in question really does look heavier in the before — due to lighting, positioning, makeup, and Photoshop. Epictetus was born in 55AD. I looked him up when a “quote of the day” site came up with […]
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Fat Bingo: Fat and Fit Article
Using the article “Fat but fit? Big gray area confounds scientists“. “Is it possible to be fat and fit? Perhaps, researchers say, but losing weight may make you even better off.” Message: Don’t get your hopes up, fatty, exercise and a healthy diet are only worthwhile if you lose weight—if your weight is stable you […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] The man of the house baked a chicken with some rosemary this evening. He accompanied it with broccoli with cheese sauce, green beans steamed with red potatoes, corn cooked with onions, cold sliced beets, and French bread. As we were eating he said, “So did I make the Thankful Thursday this […]
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Doing the Same Thing, Expecting Different Results
Can you place this quote? Just about everyone can list ways to fight childhood obesity: schools should alter lunch menus, teach nutrition and hold more physical education classes. At home, parents should be more diligent and the Xbox less available. Here’s the problem: as logical as these suggestions might sound, when many of them have […]
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Ditto: Standing In The Way Of Control
Beth Ditto, lead singer of the band Gossip, is in the news again, this time taking on the belief that thin=healthy and fat=not healthy. “I’m not an unhealthy person and… one of the most tiring parts of being fat and being proud of it is… you do a lot of proving yourself all the time.” She […]
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Happy Labor Day, y’all
If you have not already discovered Two Lumps, check out their site. Or the books, which include bonus commentary from the writer & artist: I Would Lick It For Hours: Two Lumps Year One We Must Be Gods: Two Lumps Year Two Today I Hunt…Humankind: Two Lumps Year Three They Still Suspect Nothing: Two Lumps […]
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Sleep-Deprived Teens May Pay A Hefty Price
That’s the title of this piece on Yahoo! news about teens who sleep less eating more fats. (Eating more fat = the “hefty price”. Geddit? Amazing how reporters think nobody’s ever made a fat joke before them.) In the study, adolescents who slept fewer than eight hours on a weeknight consumed more of their daily […]
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for: I have a job. Yeah, there were times Wednesday when I really just wanted to LEAVE, but … I have a job. It provides me with income. Income good. Nudemuse’s post on beginning body acceptance. This rocks, and I’m glad I read it. The relaxing […]
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Deciphering studies: Absolute vs Relative Risks
I thought this example Lisa Martinez made in the comments at the Well blog was one of the clearer examples I’ve seen for absolute vs relative risks. 100 women took ABC pill and 100 women took a placebo, which is not an actual medication. Of the 100 women who took ABC pill, 2 developed cancer […]
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I’m squishy, but I’m NOT obese
You may have seen today’s Pickles. Transcript: Panel 1: Nelson asks Earl: Grampa, are you obese? Panel 2: Earl: Obese? No, I’m NOT obese. Panel 3: Nelson: [pokes tummy, with a “squish” noise] Panel 4: Earl: I’m squishy, but I’m NOT obese. This illustrates much of the “obesity” discussion. Earl knows he’s fat. Earl assumes […]
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Fat Acceptance Quote for Parents and Teachers
If you exercise as “punishment” for weighing too much, how can you learn to enjoy being active? If you eat salads only as a way to change the body you hate, how will you enjoy the wonderful tastes of fresh vegetables? Besides, if hating one’s body effectively motivated change, do you really think there would […]
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Music Monday: I’m Your Moon
It’s probably not a surprise that I’m relieved that California’s Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional. What might surprise you is how I get from that to Jonathan Coulton’s song about Pluto and Charon after it was decided Pluto isn’t a planet anymore. The song is from Charon’s point of view, telling Pluto They invented […]
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As if the Biggest Loser wasn’t bad enough…
Now VH1 is doing a version where you not only have to take off work during filming (if your employer allows it) and follow questionable weight-loss procedures but you also have to pay to $10,000 participate! Most people who have trouble losing weight suffer from a lack of motivation. Now twelve overweight teams enter a […]
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Advair Users Beware
FDA Alert: Some Advair Discus inhalers stolen from a distribution warehouse in 2009 have shown up in pharmacies. Lot numbers available at the link —- don’t use these particular lots. They may have been tampered with, have lost potency, been handled improperly. Note this is not a problem with Advair in general, just that certain […]
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends NOT Approving Qnexa
In an update, the FDA advisory panel reviewing the weight-loss drug Qnexa has voted to reject it. The final FDA decision will not be issued until October, but the advisory panel’s decision is usually key to their decision. In a 10-6 vote, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said they were concerned that Qnexa […]
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