What? Time to check in with the McDonald’s empire again? Yes, because those rascals just won’t stay out of the news. They seem to operate on the Water Balloon Principle of Ethics. You can squeeze a water balloon in one area and some of the water will move to a different place. But the balloon [...]
The Comedy Continues
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh. Will Rogers said that. What does it have to do with childhood obesity? Nothing. It’s just an example of one type of funny, something that brings on a giggle because even though you never thought of it that [...]
Thought for Food Is Food for Thought
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Childhood Obesity News has been looking at some of the unintentional humor caused by the beverage industry‘s empty promises. The comedy continues, with the ridiculous spectacle of a world where millions of kids are both fat and insufficiently fed at the same time, while millions more are just plain starving. It’s all just too absurd. [...]
Childhood Obesity: The Fun Never Ends
February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Childhood Obesity News has been talking about how the beverage industry promised to mend its ways, and the hilarious hijinks that have ensued. The beverage industry has this concept called self-policing, and it’s the most humorous thing since (insert here the name of your favorite comedian, funniest movie or YouTube clip, etc.). For instance, they [...]
The Childhood Obesity Comedy Spot, Continued
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Joe Rogan is a standup comic who also produces podcasts. In one of them, he talks about working in a nightclub where a very hefty young woman was in the audience, so he skipped over a “fat chick joke” that would otherwise have been part of his routine. He could have set the whole room [...]
The Childhood Obesity Comedy Spot
February 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
Want to hear something funny? The American Beverage Association‘s statement is pretty darn hilarious. Issued on the anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program, it contains the following gems of humor: Two years ago today, we proudly stepped up to support the First Lady’s comprehensive approach with our Clear on Calories initiative — [...]
Anything But Sweets on Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Did we not, very, very recently, just get finished discussing Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and other winter celebrations, and their relationship to childhood obesity? Now here comes another holiday, and this one doesn’t even have any cranberries or turkey attached to it. Nope. Without an iota of shame, Valentine’s Day is all about the sugar. [...]
Cheese: A Big Obesity Villain
February 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Way back in 2003, Dr. Neal D. Barnard wrote about the cheese industry’s awareness of its product’s addictive qualities. He said that strategies are carefully crafted by the marketing staff to lead “cheese cravers” into further involvement with their product. Barnard wrote: At a ‘Cheese Forum’ held Dec. 5, 2000, Dick Cooper, the vice president [...]
More Listening to Kids
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Childhood Obesity News has been talking about different ways that parents, teachers, and health care professionals have found of listening to kids and putting the information to useful work. A nonprofit group called ACTIVE Life attempts to fight obesity through social activism (link is PDF). The organization believes it has some answers, which the website [...]
Paying Attention to Kids
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Childhood Obesity News has been looking at the good things that can happen when grownups listen and pay attention to kids. In the Pacific Northwest, government agencies have joined with health workers in the tribal community to address the problem of preventing and treating childhood obesity. Over the past 10 years, type 2 diabetes has increased [...]
