by: Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services As the Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, I am on a…
Tag: obesity
Are you fatter than a fifth grader?
Press Release: Health department releases student obesity statistics PENSACOLA – The Escambia County Health Department today released student Body Mass Index data showing a 1% decrease in the total number of students…
Obesity is contagious
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that people are most likely to become obese when a friend becomes obese. That increases a person’s chances of becoming obese by 57 percent. I’m…
$500M to fight fatties
From the NY TIMES: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation plans to spend more than $500 million over the next five years to reverse the increase in childhood obesity. It is one of…