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The War on Fat The American war on fat is the latest manifestation of a collectivist philosophy that says the government has a duty to protect "public health" by discouraging behavior that might lead to disease or injury.   |
Reason
January 2002
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WHO Cares? The World Health Organization cares more about its own life than the lives of the poor... |
Psychology Today
Nov/Dec 2008
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In Sickness and In Health Before you say, "I do," scrutinize your lover's drinking habits. Or eating patterns. Your choice of romantic partner helps determine how healthy - -or how sick -- you'll be. |
ifeminists
May 4, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Super-Sized Statistics We should down-size government's interest in what we eat and right-size the statistics it's feeding us. |
Psychology Today
Jan/Feb 2008
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10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong Our brains are terrible at assessing modern risks. Here's how to think straight about dangers in your midst. |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Elizabeth M. Whelan |
Tobacklash! One man wins $3 billion from Philip Morris and suddenly
people are pro-big tobacco. What have they been smoking? |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2001
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Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care Obesity is a complex, multifactorial condition in which excess body fat may put a person at health risk. National data indicate that the prevalence of obesity in the United States is increasing in children and adults... |
Salon.com
May 24, 2002
Megan McArdle |
Can we sue our own fat asses off? Flush from their victory against Big Tobacco, activists are now gunning for the purveyors of junk food. |
Nurse Practitioner
April 2012
Chaney & Sheriff |
Evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation Smoking addiction is both physical and mental. The etiology of tobacco dependence is multidimensional and includes physiological, psychological, and social/behavioral factors. |
Managed Care
December 2004
Jack McCain |
The Weight Debate, Continued This article presents the views of people who indulge in what many regard as health care heresy. They challenge the conventional wisdom that millions of Americans need to lose tons of weight, fast, to stave off diabetes, heart disease, cancer. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2003
McInnis et al. |
Counseling for Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Patients An estimated 97 million adults in the United States, or more than six out of 10 men and women, are overweight or obese. The role of physicians and other health care professionals is associated with greater efforts to help patients adopt healthy lifestyle habits related to diet and exercise. |
ifeminists
August 19, 2003
Jennifer Roback Morse |
Parents or Prisons For some people, prisons are a substitute for parents. This apparent overstatement is shorthand for two more precise points. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Catherine Arnst |
Let Them Eat Cake -- If They Want To Discussion about the growing problem of obesity and what should be done worldwide. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
5 Steps to a Healthy Life Money isn't everything. The authors have five ways to improve your health. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Smoking or Spending Too Much? Don't Count on Remedy Marketers to Help A new research paper by three marketing professors says that remedies -- defined here as products or services that offer solutions to consumer problems -- may be part of the problem. |
Science News
October 9, 2004
Janet Raloff |
Honey, Let's Shrink the Kids After 2 years of hearings and fact-finding on the nation's childhood obesity epidemic, a 19-member panel commissioned by Congress offers their recommendations and calls for fundamental changes in our society. |
AskMen.com
October 1, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Quit Smoking Are you a regular smoker? Have you been trying to kick the habit for a while now? Have you unsuccessfully tried to quit in the past? Whether you're a social or regular smoker, these tips may encourage you to quit smoking today. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
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Governing Global Health How better coordination can advance global health and improve value for money. |
Managed Care
March 2000
Michael D. Dalzell |
Where Society Failed, Can Health Plans Succeed? What can be done about obesity? By engaging patients and forming strategic alliances, plans can gain immediate cost and clinical benefits -- despite conventional wisdom to the contrary. |
AskMen.com
James Fell |
Exercise And Eating Connection In order for exercise to truly change the way you eat, you must be mindful. Instead of thinking, "I exercised, therefore I deserve a reward," switch to, "I exercised, therefore I've improved my ability to resist crap." |
Managed Care
May 2001
Cyril F. Chang |
Covering Risk But Not Risky Behaviors A critical review of the arguments for insurance coverage for smoking-cessation therapies... |
Prepared Foods
January 1, 2006
William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Weighing Obesity Obesity in the U.S. has hit what many consider to be crisis levels, with the greatest fears centering around America's youth. But while the rising number of calories in children's diets is an easy target, it may be only part of the equation. |
AskMen.com
Tony Horton |
Obesity In America Our society, as a whole, is becoming fatter, and we're viewing that as normal. Today, two-thirds of America is overweight, with Canada and Europe not far behind. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Helping Your Kid Slim Down How parents can change behavior that can foster obesity - and its long-term damage. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
6 Healthy Habits For Living Longer Do you eat breakfast everyday? Do you always take the stairs? Whatever your daily habits are, there's no denying that they impact your health. |
Nursing
April 2011
Smith & Tasota |
Smoking Out the Dangers of COPD An overview of the guidelines for preventing, diagnosing, and treating COPD. |
AskMen.com
James Fell |
Exercise And Eating Even with all the running, cycling, weightlifting, and other exercise I do, I know I don't have carte blanche to eat whatever I want. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Preventable Diseases Each and every year, millions of men die as a result of diseases that are, for the most part, entirely preventable. |
Outside
November 2009
Nick Heil |
Cash for Chunkers Enough about the public option. We should pay people to stay fit. |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2014
Alan Lavine |
Sizing Up a Client's Lifespan If you have clients that are, by dint of lifestyle and demographics, bound to break the actuary tables for life expectancy, find additional income streams to ensure they don't also outlive their money. |
AskMen.com
Sarah Keefe |
5 Reasons Why You're Overeating Many men overeat and don't even realize that they do; in fact, eating is often tied into so many other activities that it's hard to pinpoint when overeating takes place. |
Food Processing
June 2005
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Spoon-fed behavior modification Can the food industry play the role of psychotherapist and counsel a weak-willed American public to do what it already knows is right and what everyone is telling it to do: Eat wisely and exercise? |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
Using Tobacco: Why You Need to Quit Why do I need to stop using tobacco?... Why is it so hard to stop smoking?... How can I stop smoking?... How do I get ready to stop smoking?... What will happen when I stop smoking?... What is nicotine replacement?... What is bupropion (Zyban)?... |
AskMen.com
March 16, 2003
Mike Davison |
Light Smokers Still Run Cancer Risk Significantly reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke a day may not be as helpful or as healthy as once thought. |
AskMen.com
James Fell |
Stupid Gym Sayings Over the years I've heard all kinds of allegedly inspirational sayings in regards to exercise and eating. While some of them are good, others instill shame, encourage injury, and destroy motivation. |
Managed Care
March 2004 |
Smoking-Cessation Efforts Set Cost-Effectiveness Bar The recent 40th anniversary of the surgeon general's report on smoking brought some staggering statistics to the public's attention |
Salon.com
November 7, 2000
Stephen Cohen |
Shameful emissions The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance... |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
December 2000
Michael F. Jacobson |
News From CSPI Government health departments typically say that they care deeply about nutrition, but just don't have the money to encourage people to eat better. But they are overlooking one simple and sensible way to fund health campaigns: taxing junk foods... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Rhey et al. |
Technology for Life One of the most powerful health-care instruments is sitting right on your desk. Your PC can be the link to resources that can prevent illness and help you reach your exercise goals, battle bad habits, and communicate more effectively with your doctor. |
Food Processing
December 2007
Tevi Troy |
Expert Opinion: Wellness in Crisis Good health may be the most overlooked and under appreciated of life's blessings. |
Fast Company
Christina Farr |
AHA, Alphabet Set Aside $75 Million To Cure Coronary Heart Disease The American Heart Association, Verily (the company formerly known as Google Life Sciences), and European pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca are investing the funds over a five-year period. |
| AskMen.com |
Is Smoking Back? Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent. |
AskMen.com
March 27, 2013 |
Nutrition Myths Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths and misconceptions of mainstream nutrition, such as the idea that eggs are unhealthy for you. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2005
Hanna & Wenger |
Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Patients A review of the scientific evidence for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Gresham & Gresham |
Playing Doctor Health care costs are likely to be any retiree's greatest expense. Financial advisors, then, need to address the potential havoc health risks can have on a client's financial plan. The problem is: How to get clients to actually divulge personal medical information. |
AskMen.com
March 3, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Addictions And Substance Abuse Advertisements, social pressures, and the human desire for quick fixes to life's difficult problems all contribute to the prevailing attitude that drugs can ease all pain. Unfortunately, using drugs and alcohol can -- and often do -- have serious consequences... |
AskMen.com
Eddie Chandler |
Controlling An Addictive Personality Take a look at some of the traits that suggest a person might have an addictive personality. If you recognize one or several in yourself, a friend or a colleague, you can take action to regain control. |
AskMen.com
Shaina Falcone |
9 Bad Eating Habits To Avoid Lucky for you, you don't have to resort to a prehistoric lifestyle to break your bad eating habits; funneling unhealthy eating habits out of your life is easier and takes less time than you think. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Smart Moves for Stopping Smoking Office bans against lighting up, higher taxes, and adult-focused antitobacco ads work well. But the tobacco industry's political power remains strong. |
Seasoned Cooking
August 2004
Michael Fick |
The Classic Weight Control Dilemma: Diet or Exercise? The bottom line is that to really save time in your weight management program, stop eating the wrong food and eat plenty of good food to avoid putting the weight on in the first place. |
