Childhood Obesity News looks at some of the ups and downs in thinking about food deserts, food scarcity, and food insecurity.

It’s a challenge for people with little money to feed themselves and their families under the best of circumstances, without the whole food-desert issue.

Over 200 Food Policy Councils in the U.S. embrace farmers, retailers and distributors, at every stage of the massive undertaking known as feeding the people.

USDA admitted in its report on food deserts that proximity to a supermarket doesn’t seem to affect food choices very much. What other factors affect this issue?

Childhood Obesity News looks into several other factors that can contribute to what has become known as the food desert phenomenon.

An exciting upcoming CHLA study will look into “An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching.”

The “fat tax” is not only monetary — it’s paid in frustration, humiliation, and impossible choices — and not just while traveling.

When taste receptors are triggered by certain kinds of chemical molecules, they in turn tell the body to mobilize a defense mechanism.

This post finalizes the summary of posts about the intersection of overuse with tobacco, alcohol, and food. One area not covered yet is the presence of pharmacological intervention in tobacco, alcohol, and food limitation, so we have that to look forwa …

What can be learned from attempts to limit alcohol and tobacco addiction, and how do we apply that experience to curbing food overconsumption, and thus obesity?

This series of “zipping” posts summarizes all the articles that explore the intersections between alcohol, tobacco, food, and threats to the public good.

What methods might carry over from smoking cessation programs and alcohol interventions to help prevent obesity?

Being capable of delivering junk food, soda, cigarettes, and even alcoholic beverages, vending machines are an obesity villain.

Can anti-obesity efforts, especially those imposed by government orders, borrow from smoking cessation efforts or programs designed to end alcohol addiction?

Is it wrong to appeal to large, perspiring women on the basis that the product will make them smell less offensive, especially when the product might be unsafe?

We know talcum powder causes inflammation. The question is, does talc cause cancer by causing inflammation in the ovaries?

According to the American Cancer Society, some talc contains asbestos, a known carcinogen when inhaled.

One possible choice is to accept it quietly that you can only go so far while trying to lose weight. Another is to cross into the militant advocacy of obesity.

“Food Psych” podcast creator Christy Harrison says that food is food, and it’s time to stop labeling with our brains and start listening to our intuition.

Even with all the research, is it too soon to say of any particular factor that it does or does not influence obesity, or how extensive that influence may be?

This is a continuation of the list of posts that examine the parallels between tobacco, alcohol, and the overconsumption of food.

Can measures designed to reduce smoking and drinking also work against overeating?

Even with problems that seem comparable, like the widespread use of tobacco and alcohol, it is surprisingly difficult to transfer solutions to other areas.

If a policy or an intervention made a dent in smoking, alcohol abuse, or other common vice, can it be useful to stop the obesity epidemic?

Here continues the summary of posts that examine the efforts to eliminate smoking, and how they might be adapted to quell the obesity epidemic.

How would the measures intended to curb smoking and deal with alcohol addiction translate to childhood obesity prevention?

All food advertising directed at children should be banned. Food companies are no dopes: an addicted kid is a customer for life.

What are the advantages and the downsides of adapting control mechanisms applied to alcohol and tobacco products to reversing the obesity epidemic?

Could the means used to reduce consumption of alcohol and tobacco be adaptable to the seemingly unstoppable epidemic of food overconsumption in the U.S.?

Can any anti-smoking measures be adapted to anti-obesity efforts? Public opinion does alter, and legislation can change behavior to a certain extent.