http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/07/just-chew-it-how-sport-is-super-sizing-our-kids/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/07/just-chew-it-how-sport-is-super-sizing-our-kids/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:08:01 +0000 Paul Barry http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=208412 Crikey launches a special investigation into how fast food marketers use sport and sporting stars to sell their wares. Today, the Big Daddy of them all -- McDonalds.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/07/just-chew-it-how-sport-is-super-sizing-our-kids/feed/ 36 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/health/101118/fat-and-fatter-worlds-10-fattest-countries http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/health/101118/fat-and-fatter-worlds-10-fattest-countries#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:52:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188012 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/health/101118/fat-and-fatter-worlds-10-fattest-countries/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/13/kfc-cooks-up-a-deep-fried-marketing-win/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/13/kfc-cooks-up-a-deep-fried-marketing-win/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:30:06 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130048 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/13/kfc-cooks-up-a-deep-fried-marketing-win/feed/ 9 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/thailand/100331/diabetes-thailand-fattest-countries http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/thailand/100331/diabetes-thailand-fattest-countries#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:35:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129380 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/thailand/100331/diabetes-thailand-fattest-countries/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/04/08/its-time-you-knew-what-youre-eating/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/04/08/its-time-you-knew-what-youre-eating/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:47:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129304 Dr Trevor Beard: there is a way to please both industry and consumers.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/04/08/its-time-you-knew-what-youre-eating/feed/ 0 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/091125/obesity-epidemic-fattest-countries http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/091125/obesity-epidemic-fattest-countries#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:27:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=101571 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/commerce/091125/obesity-epidemic-fattest-countries/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/17/would-calorie-counting-menus-help-bust-oz-girths/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/17/would-calorie-counting-menus-help-bust-oz-girths/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:11:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99225 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/17/would-calorie-counting-menus-help-bust-oz-girths/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/fruit-juice-a-nutritious-way-to-get-extremely-fat/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/fruit-juice-a-nutritious-way-to-get-extremely-fat/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 David Gillespie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/fruit-juice-a-nutritious-way-to-get-extremely-fat/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/fruit-juice-a-nutritious-way-to-get-extremely-fat/feed/ 8 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/13/how-many-calories-would-you-like-with-that-order/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/13/how-many-calories-would-you-like-with-that-order/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:05:45 +0000 Melissa Sweet http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/how-many-calories-would-you-like-with-that-order/ Croakey's North American correspondent, Dr Lesley Russell, investigates the effectiveness of "calorie-counting" menus, while a local obesity policy expert, Jane Martin, looks at whether such an option might be useful in Australia.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/13/how-many-calories-would-you-like-with-that-order/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/like-good-health-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-balance/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/like-good-health-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-balance/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/like-good-health-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-balance/ criticised the use of Nestle's Optifast weight loss shake. But the obesity epidemic of the past 30 years is not due to a single cause, writes Neil Holt.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/like-good-health-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-balance/feed/ 4 http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/we-should-not-tell-girls-its-ok-to-be-chunky-20091031-hq71.html http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/we-should-not-tell-girls-its-ok-to-be-chunky-20091031-hq71.html#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:19:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96473 Virginia Haussegger.]]> http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/we-should-not-tell-girls-its-ok-to-be-chunky-20091031-hq71.html/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/10/29/no-no-nanny-state/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/10/29/no-no-nanny-state/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:12:55 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96231 Bernard Keane is not a fan of the government's proposed National Preventive Health Agency, and it's not just the Nanny State thing (though there is that): it's because the bulk of the agency's funding will be directed to pointless "social marketing campaigns".]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/10/29/no-no-nanny-state/feed/ 0 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article6888918.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article6888918.ece#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:04:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=95156 India Knight: feed your face as much as you want. But if you feed your kids so much, and so poorly, that they develop weight issues, expect them to be taken away from you.]]> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article6888918.ece/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/looking-for-a-fair-shake-in-bariatric-procedure-land/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/looking-for-a-fair-shake-in-bariatric-procedure-land/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 David Gillespie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/07/looking-for-a-fair-shake-in-bariatric-procedure-land/ David Gillespie explains how Nestle is profiting off risky, and often unnecessary, surgery.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/looking-for-a-fair-shake-in-bariatric-procedure-land/feed/ 2 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/10/02/selling-our-children-to-mcdonalds/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/10/02/selling-our-children-to-mcdonalds/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:39:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90857 signing up more than 230,000 NSW students to its maths tutoring program. Dr Rosemary Stanton, Jane Martin and Professor Elizabeth Waters weigh-in on whether the whole scheme undermines the government's rhetoric on tackling childhood obesity.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/10/02/selling-our-children-to-mcdonalds/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/still-sweet-for-sugar-in-fat-slumbering-australia/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/still-sweet-for-sugar-in-fat-slumbering-australia/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000 David Gillespie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/still-sweet-for-sugar-in-fat-slumbering-australia/ having a debate. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/still-sweet-for-sugar-in-fat-slumbering-australia/feed/ 0 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/27/silence_that_idiot_box/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/27/silence_that_idiot_box/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:20:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89601 Jeff Jacoby. Why do we work so hard to keep our kids away from booze and drugs, then willingly plonk them for hours in front of an equally destructive addiction?]]> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/27/silence_that_idiot_box/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:32:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89461 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html/feed/ 0 http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/contributors/obesity-is-not-a-right-20090926-g75j.html http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/contributors/obesity-is-not-a-right-20090926-g75j.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:57:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=89282 Michael Smith: it's time to embrace the nanny state.]]> http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/contributors/obesity-is-not-a-right-20090926-g75j.html/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/09/15/ST2009091503108.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/09/15/ST2009091503108.html#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:02:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88395 Sally Sampson blows this myth wide open, whipping up her own pizzas, Whoppers and Egg McMuffins for a fraction of the price -- not to mention the calories.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/09/15/ST2009091503108.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/all-this-nagging-nicola-isnt-making-us-thin/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/all-this-nagging-nicola-isnt-making-us-thin/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 David Gillespie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/all-this-nagging-nicola-isnt-making-us-thin/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/all-this-nagging-nicola-isnt-making-us-thin/feed/ 8 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/health-taskforce-wishes-you-all-a-long-dull-life-with-nanny/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/health-taskforce-wishes-you-all-a-long-dull-life-with-nanny/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/health-taskforce-wishes-you-all-a-long-dull-life-with-nanny/ Tim Wilson.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/02/health-taskforce-wishes-you-all-a-long-dull-life-with-nanny/feed/ 34 http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2156#more-2156 http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2156#more-2156#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:47:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=77196 Andrew Leigh.]]> http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2156#more-2156/feed/ 0 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/24/putting_obesity_out_of_business/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/24/putting_obesity_out_of_business/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:00:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76014 Ellen Goodman.]]> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/24/putting_obesity_out_of_business/feed/ 0 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/20/090720crbo_books_kolbert http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/20/090720crbo_books_kolbert#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:05:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74516 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/20/090720crbo_books_kolbert/feed/ 0