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Topic: obesity epidemic
<b>Bernard Keane</b> 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".

Keane: Everything that’s wrong with the Preventive Health scheme

Federal

Oct 30, 2009

Being fat is one thing, says <b>India Knight</b>: 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 <a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/10/23/obese-mother-and-father-have-all-seven-children-taken-into-care-86908-21767322/">taken away from you</a>.

Why overweight kids are victims of child abuse

News

Oct 26, 2009

Bariatric surgery promises to blow away years of eating the wrong thing with a simple slice of the scalpel -- and large quantities of liquid food. <b>David Gillespie</b> explains how Nestle is profiting off risky, and often unnecessary, surgery.

Looking for a fair shake in bariatric procedure land

Companies

Oct 08, 2009

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McDonald's has pulled off a huge marketing coups by <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/do-you-want-pi-with-that-students-gorge-on-mcmaths-program/story-e6freuy9-1225781808452">signing up</a> more than 230,000 NSW students to its maths tutoring program. <b>Dr Rosemary Stanton</b>, <b>Jane Martin</b> and <b>Professor Elizabeth Waters</b> weigh-in on whether the whole scheme undermines the government's rhetoric on tackling childhood obesity.

Selling our kids to McDonald’s

News

Oct 05, 2009

Big Sugar in the United States is spending vast streams of cash to defend sugary drinks in the debate around soft drink and obesity -- but at least they're <em>having</em> a debate.

Still sweet for sugar in fat, slumbering Australia

News

Oct 01, 2009

Sex, violence and mindless manipulation: if TV came in a bottle, it would be illegal to sell it to children, says <b>Jeff Jacoby</b>. 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?

Is raising kids on a diet of TV child abuse?

TV & Radio

Sep 29, 2009

Ten months in, and Obama can't get the US out of Iraq or Afghanistan, fix health care, close Gitmo or cap carbon emissions. When did America get so lazy? Maybe it's something they're putting in the country's high-fat, high-sugar food. Possibly the fat and sugar.

Bill Maher: Whatever happened to “Yes we can”?

North America

Sep 28, 2009

The obesity epidemic is costing Australia $8.3 billion a year, and the death toll continues to rise. Self-regulation has failed, says <b>Michael Smith</b>: it's time to embrace the nanny state.

It’s time to let the government into our pantries

Federal

Sep 28, 2009

Much of the obesity epidemic is blamed on fast food being cheaper than home-made, but cook <b>Sally Sampson</b> 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.

Debunking the myth that fast food is cheaper

Food & Travel

Sep 23, 2009

Health Minister Nicola Roxon thinks we're too fat, smoke too much and drink too much. But don’t worry, she’s got a solution: she’s going to nag us to death instead. Even if research suggests it won't work.

All this nagging, Nicola, isn’t making us thin

Federal

Sep 10, 2009

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People get fat because they eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Yesterday’s National Preventative Health Taskforce’s report was full of surprises, writes <b>Tim Wilson</b>.

Health Taskforce wishes you all a long, dull life with nanny

Federal

Sep 02, 2009

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Want to solve the obesity epidemic? Instead of relying on the notoriously unscientific diet industry, maybe it's time to give economists a shot, says <b>Andrew Leigh</b>.

Tackling obesity with economics

People & Ideas

Jul 31, 2009

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