December 3, 2025 — As the world is coming around to the understanding that public health policy cannot neglect the need for obesity treatment, a question hangs in the air. What does this mean for obesity prevention strategies? This question – together with fast-changing market realities – begs another question. Will prevention policy or market dynamics reduce obesity more? […]
November 17, 2025 — Marion Nestle has a new book that reflects decades of insights gleaned from navigating the perverse economy of food. It is well worth your time. Not because we agree with every word. But precisely because we do not and you may not either – yet her words reflect careful thought and consideration of how our […]
October 22, 2025 — We are most accustomed to technology bringing economic disruption. Three decades ago, it was the internet. Then smartphones and social media. Now, we obsess about the effects of artificial intelligence. But a strong case is building that obesity medicine is becoming an economic disruptor on a scale that is equal or greater than any of […]
October 12, 2025 — Honestly, there is so much glaring, blinding irony in the news these days that this one almost slipped by us. Costco makes its money from selling people ginormous packs of food, but now the chain is getting into the action on GLP-1s by selling them at the discounted price of $499 per month. Both Ozempic […]
October 7, 2025 — “This high-sugar fruit may actually lower diabetes risk‚” says the press release from George Mason University. Lately, breathless headlines have bombarded us with magical mango thinking about preventing diabetes with this delicious fruit. Food is medicine, right? Well, not really. Food is food. Medicine is medicine. And the study that props up these sensational headlines […]
September 21, 2025 — Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall have some Food Intelligence to offer us this week and their book of this title will be shipping on Tuesday. No, this is not a paid endorsement. It is, though, an earnest recommendation to learn from two of the most thoughtful people we know on the subject of food, health, […]
August 23, 2025 — Americans are setting their mouths on fire with spicy hot foods says Ellen Cushing in her recent article for The Atlantic. Getting to the bottom of any trend in popular culture is not an easy task with a singular result. But Cushing explains part of the story is that flamin’ hot spice is an easy […]
July 17, 2025 — Protein in your iced tea? In your snack chips? Yes indeed, these are artifacts of “protein madness.” This growing obsession with cramming protein into ever more of the products we consume has far-reaching effects. For The Atlantic, Lila Shroff describes her epiphany about this trend: “Protein products have come a long way. Perhaps, they have […]
May 8, 2025 — David Kessler is the former FDA Commissioner who laid the groundwork for aggressive tobacco regulation with a simple metaphor. He argued that nicotine is addictive like heroin or cocaine. Now he and many others are working to stretch that metaphor to warn the public about addictive junk food. It is a simple and very appealing […]
April 20, 2025 — Morgan Gates sums up his approach to nutrition for the Wall Street Journal succinctly: “I found that if I prioritized protein and half-assed the rest of everything else, it gave me the body I wanted.” Gates is 28-year-old sales rep. He’s a consumer who has clearly absorbed a certain thread of health claims from food […]
