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7/21/08 Another obesity theory
Los Angeles Times: In the last year alone, state and local politicians in California pushed countless food-focused, obesity policies: fast food moratoriums, menu labeling laws, soda taxes, etc.
7/21/08 Going soft
Orlando Sentinel: The latest research on exercise among American youth confirms what many of us already suspected: Most kids just aren't moving enough
7/16/08 The road to a slimmer, healthier America
Chicago Tribune: Federal government researchers have just released the nation's latest obesity figures
7/16/08 No proof labels will fight obesity
San Jose Mercury News: Despite its bold tag as an "anti-obesity" measure, there's no proof that the menu labeling law recently passed in Santa Clara County will positively impact the weight of local residents.
7/14/08 Not very humane
Chicago Sun-Times: The executors of Leona Helmsley's estate should distribute her wealth exclusively to dog and cat shelters in local communities, not HSUS or PETA.
7/13/08 Exercise beats diet diary
San Francisco Chronicle: It's difficult to imagine that documenting every bite you take is a sustainable weight loss solution.
7/12/08 Make sure Leona's millions go to the dogs
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: News of Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar animal welfare bequest was a real breath of fresh air.
7/11/08 Exercise beats dieting
USA Today: Healthy doesn't mean cataloging every snack. It's about all our small, daily choices.
7/10/08 Help local animal shelters (not HSUS and PETA)
Washington Times: News of Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar animal-welfare bequest was a real breath of fresh air.
7/3/08 U.S. humane group no animal shelter
Dayton Daily News: It's unfortunate that news media and policymakers continue to mistake the wealthy and radical Humane Society of the United States for a mainstream animal welfare group.
6/29/08 Menu mandates don't cut calories
Baltimore Sun: They've never checked to see if covering menus with calorie counts actually influences consumers to eat less.
6/24/08 Letter was unoriginal
Press & Sun Bulletin: Leave it to the pushy animal rights movement to use a trade dispute in South Korea as an excuse to spew anti-meat propaganda with a form letter.
6/23/08 Legislators can't justify menu labeling
Chicago Tribune: Tribune columnist Steve Chapman hits the nail on the head when describing menu labeling as “unexamined and unfounded”.
6/8/08 Obesity and bureaucracy
Kansas City Star: The CDC's findings in a recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) fly in the face of almost a decade of threats by obesity activists.
6/3/08 The real toxic element is activist obsession with junk food
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The report about obesity policy released by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) dismisses health measures that focus on personal responsibility or exercise.
6/3/08 Healthy choices are up to the individual
Toledo Blade: A few nutrition activists want to pin our heart health solely on food - leveraging that hype to direct energy toward ineffective government control of our food choices.
6/2/08 Obesity alarmists defused
Chicago Sun-Times: The CDC's findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) fly in the face of almost a decade of threats by obesity activists.
5/30/08 Eat meat
Miami Herald: Susan Levin went a little overboard in her conclusion that Oprah Winfrey's three-week experiment with meatless and dairy-free eating is "one of the best things to ever happen to public health."
5/28/08 The weight debate
USA Today: Weight discrimination is problematic, especially in light of the debate between fit vs. fat.
5/24/08 Banning food
Chicago Tribune: The real lesson in Chicago's ill-fated foie gras ban has something to do with forbidden fruit. Or maybe forbidden duck liver.
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