Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem

Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem

President Barack Obama has used an executive order to bypass Congress and tighten control and enforcement over firearms in the United States, in response to concerns about gun violence and gun safety…
City Living Leads To Weight Gain

City Living Leads To Weight Gain

Urban elites tend to think being fat and dumb is a rural problem but studies show just the opposite; that is why so many health planners want to add more parks and places for people to walk, it…
Getting Smokers To Quit With The Force Of Medicaid

Getting Smokers To Quit With The Force Of Medicaid

When government pays for your health care, they get the right to tell you what behavior can be detrimental to your health - but before that they will pay for medication to help them stop smoking. But…
Fight Your Body Type With Exercise

Fight Your Body Type With Exercise

It won't surprise you to learn that people have different metabolisms and body types. Some people can eat a lot and stay thin, others have to struggle to keep pounds off. While there is no "…
The 10 Best Obesity Books. Ever.

The 10 Best Obesity Books. Ever.

In the spirit of year end top 10 lists, but not restricting myself to 2015, I offer the following as the best 10 books ever written on the topic of obesity and/or weight loss. 1. Good Calories, Bad…
640 Miles For A Non-Lethal Burrito

640 Miles For A Non-Lethal Burrito

I almost feel badly for continuing to pick on Chipotle. The company has been supernaturally inept this year. They can do nothing right. They may not even be able to make gravity work anymore.Yet,…
Cholesterol Treatment Gets Complicated

Cholesterol Treatment Gets Complicated

“Is my cholesterol too high?” may become an irrelevant question. There was a time when the total cholesterol number rising above 240 meant that you had a simple condition called “high cholesterol”…