I can hardly believe it! Today is the eleven year anniversary of my starting this blog. In honor of this, I decided to give a brief overview and […]

Dawn Smith wasn’t happy about her weight. Watch how one wrong step put her on the path to a healthier life. The post How a Snake Bite and […]

In the pursuit of creating a healthier and more equitable society, it is vital to address health disparities that disproportionately affect Black Americans. On Friday, August 4, in […]

Christopher Bosso.  Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program.  University of California Press,  2023.  I did a blurb for this book: Why SNAP Works […]

The holiday season seems to creep up faster and faster as each year passes. And because of this, it’s never too soon to get a jump-start on planning, […]

Novo Nordisk is Europe’s most valuable firm after launching obesity drug  Business Standard Source link

Those of you who have been around this blog a while know that I have quite a collection of “egg bite” recipes. I think at last count there […]

The GLP-1 drugs (the -tide drugs) are not the sort of medicine that a person takes until the cough goes away. All the known facts, so far, suggest […]

One year ago on August 26th, I started a journey that would change everything: I began taking phentermine and eating lower carb at the suggestion of my doctor. […]

Weighing in at 440 pounds, with a diagnosis of prediabetes and a 5XL shirt size, James knew he needed to make monumental lifestyle changes. See how MyFitnessPal helped […]

Rob Portinga and OAC Convention attendees The vision of the  Obesity Action Coalition’s Your Weight Matters Convention has always been to provide a platform for learning, connection and […]

USDA’s Economic Research Service reports on trends in food consumption, with enlightening charts.  I thought this one was worth a close look. The chart shows the proportion of […]