Thanks to the U.S. government’s long-standing campaign against saturated fat, many Americans have embraced low-fat and nonfat milk and yogurt. But with 60 million gallons of raw milk produced every day, what happens to all that …
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Judge to McDonald’s: Pay $17,500 For Making Your Employee Fat
Talk about an occupational hazard. A former manager of a McDonald’s franchise in Porto Allegre, Brazil, was awarded $17,500 as recompense for gaining 65 lbs. over 12 years on the job, the AP reports.
It’s Fat-Talk Free Week (and You Could Win $1,000)
Did you know that 54% of women would prefer to be hit by a truck than be fat? Yep, you read that right. That women obsess about their weight is hardly news; if you think that should change, you might want to celebrate Fat-Talk …
Study: Want to Drop a Few Pounds? Lie in Bed
Next time your alarm clock sounds, you can hit the snooze button in good conscience: sleeping in may help you lose fat.
Doctors’ Weight Loss Advice to Patients Is All in the Delivery
At last it can be confirmed: The fact that you haven’t been able to lose weight is actually … your doctor’s fault. Sort of.
Study: Overweight People Get Less Pleasure From Food
When addicts talk about their first euphoric experience with their narcotic of choice, very often they describe it as the feeling they spent the duration of their drug-using years attempting to revisit. It turns out, the same …
Why Americans Are Fat: We Literally See More Food as Less
One of the most peculiar findings in obesity research is that exercise — even if vigorous and regular — doesn’t reliably lead to weight loss. The reason, as I wrote last year, has to do less with physiology than psychology: …
Which Low-Carb Diet Is Healthiest?
Many clinical trials (and blockbuster diet plans, from Scarsdale to South Beach to The China Study) have supported the idea that reducing the intake of simple carbohydrates — white breads, pasta, rice and sugar — leads to …