by Becca Krukowski
For the past few years, rising fuel costs have consistently been a top
story. Recently, it seems there has been an increasing frequency of
consumer soundbites about how the fuel costs have finally gotten to a
point that people are cutting back on how often or how far they drive.
At the same time, stories about food costs have become more popular in
the mainstream media, so it is not surprising that people are starting
to wonder about the impact of rising food costs. Will people react
similarly to increasing food costs as they appear to have with fuel
costs? Will they eat less and/or eat less often? Could higher food
prices be the magic pill that will solve the world’s obesity problem
and conditions related to overnutrition?
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by Rebecca Puhl
The beauty pageant world is paying attention to Chloe Marshall, a
17-year-old in England, who has been making headlines this past month
for being the first plus-size model to be selected as a finalist for
the Miss England competition. Chloe, who is a size 16, was crowned Miss
Surrey over seven thinner contestants, and is now a contender for the
national Miss England pageant.
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by Michael Long
A number of speakers at the Rudd Center, including Richard Jackson, MD,
have commented that public health advocates need to leverage interest
in policies that would reduce global warming to build support for
policies related to obesity and diet-related diseases. This past week,
I was watching the news and saw a feature on a woman who decided to
take the train to work instead of driving because of the high cost of
gasoline. As a result of all of the walking needed to get around using
public transit, she had lost a great deal of weight and no longer
needed to take medication for hypertension. It seemed from the news
story that the health effect of walking was a complete (and very
welcome) surprise to the woman.
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