The Treacherous Mouth, Again
Fat does not seem to have a hedonic breakpoint, so combining it with sugar promotes overeating very effectively.
Everything You Know About Eating Is Wrong
Here’s a painful paradox: In general, worldwide, overweight and obesity have increased right along with undernutrition.
AAP Guidelines and Backlash, Part 9
An increasing number of professionals now have a fundamentally different view of obesity, tending more to regard it as a chronic disease.
A Movie About an Addict — “Luckiest Girl Alive”
Part of addiction is that people get hooked on the stories they tell themselves and others. Addicts can talk themselves into anything.
Tinbergen, Lorenz, and Animals
Our recent posts have focused on Nikolaas Tinbergen because he was one of the scientists who contributed most to the earliest theories about ethology.
Coronavirus Chronicles — Yes, Kids Get COVID-19
“Kids don’t get COVID-19.” “They don’t get it very bad.” “They don’t spread it around.” Simultaneously, things constantly happen to prove otherwise.
Kids, COVID, and Numbers
A look at the tug-of-war between COVID-19 restriction loosening and restriction tightening as it has continued to play out over the past months.
Everything You Know About Potatoes Is Wrong, Continued
Should we eat potatoes at all? Is it ever okay to follow an all-potato diet? No doubt, experts will continue to wrangle over the essential truths of potatoes.
The Mukbang Origin Story
The videos that glorify binge-eating allegedly started with the noble intention of alleviating loneliness.
Coronavirus Chronicles — Transmission, Continued
The CDC is not tracking school-based COVID-19 cases. Could there be a more perfect recipe for disaster?