Image via Wikipedia As millions of us are struggling to eat healthily and shed some pounds, a new book by a former head of the FDA, tries to explain the psychology of eating. David Kessler was an FDA chief most … Continue reading
Dear ADA, Whose Side Are You On – Consumers or Big Food?
Last week we wrote about a paper by Milbank Quarterly which found parallels in the behavior of the tobacco industry 50 years ago and the behavior of the food industry today. The authors of the paper did state that there … Continue reading
The Food Industry is NOT Behaving Like the Tobacco Industry. Right?
The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy, provides an assessment of the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of health care policy in the US. Their March issue is dedicated to obesity, a disease that has … Continue reading