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Rigorously controlled studies may soon give us a definitive answer about what causes obesity — excessive calories or the wrong carbohydrates. This intriguing article in Scientific American is by well-known scince writer, Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), and Why We...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, believe the body mass index (BMI), based on the weight and height, is not an accurate measure of body fat content and does not account for critical factors that contribute to...
We seem to be addicted to everything these days: phones, sex, shopping, Facebook … and junk food. There is, of course, a vast difference between serious clinical addiction and figure-of-speech 'addiction'. Of course we need food to live, but can we become dependent on certain...
Fizzy drinks and potato chips are the top sellers in primary school tuck shops - a key finding in the 'Tuck-shop Truths' survey, commissioned this June by Nestlé South Africa to discover the attitudes and behaviours around primary school tuck shop usage.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association recommend that children drink skim or low-fat milk after age two. But that may not help them to avoid obesity.
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"The American Medical Association’s recent announcement that it regards obesity as a disease is terrible news for food companies, public health advocates, and, most of all, the very people it intends to help, obese Americans. It could ignite new wars between the...
The move by the American Medical Association board means that one-third of adults and 17% of children in the US – 78 million American adults and 12 million children – have a medical condition that requires treatment.
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Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labelling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the kilos.
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Microbes in the gut may be a key to helping people lose weight, according to two tantalising new studies....
The scientific secrets underpinning that awful reality about potato chips - eat one and you're apt to scarf 'em all down - are slowly coming out of the bag according to this new research presented at the recent 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the...
A third of all African women are obese. Coloured, white, and Indian women follow closely, with around a quarter being obese. Overall, almost one third of South African women are obese. This is according to the latest South Africa Survey, published recently in Johannesburg by...
It's now conventional wisdom: If you skip breakfast, you’re going to have trouble losing weight, probably because you over-eat later in the day (the Mayo Clinic offers a handful of other reasons why). A new study in the
Adulterated economy burgers in UK and Irish supermarkets have been much in the international food headlines of late. This article takes a new angle on the topic, outlining how such foodstuffs contribute to the obesity blight of poor people in developed and developing nations. Class...
Following Coca-Cola's recent airing of obesity-themed ads on US television, the obesity police have come out blazing, turning a solvable problem into a needless war. The food-beverage industries have never been under more pressure from ever-shriller war cries. Here are some excellent,...
Coca-Cola became one of the world’s most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it’s taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a...
Gone, by popular demand: Denmark’s fat tax. ‘The fat tax is one of the most maligned we [have] had in a long time’, said Mette Gjerskov, the Danish food and agriculture minister, announcing the decision to ditch the policy. ‘Now we have to try...
Despite professing fitness, 40% of South African males and 64% of females are overweight – and one in five is obese, notes Nestlé's Rainbow Nation Health Monitor study that has looked at people’s attitudes towards nutrition, health and wellness, dietary patterns, weight profile and levels...
The Danish government has revealed plans to drop its tax on saturated fats, introduced in October 2011, and shelve a proposal to introduce a tax on sugar from January 2013.
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Seeking to combat rising obesity rates, the New York City Board of Health has today approved a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters, enacting the first restriction of its kind in the country....