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Big Fat Lies with Gary Taubes (VIDEO)

Posted by Sheryl Canter, January 21st, 2011
Categories: Nutrition (what you eat), Tags: ,

Great lecture by Gary Taubes on the true causes of obesity that explodes many common myths – including the widely held belief that obesity is a simple matter of calories in exceeding calories out. You think this is obviously true? It’s not. Watch!

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Good Nutrition: Myths and Facts

Posted by Sheryl Canter, October 11th, 2009
Categories: Nutrition (what you eat), Tags: , ,

Editing Note: This post and the previous post originally were one long article.

In my previous post I explained why nutrition information has a role in the non-diet approach – not as a rule, but as information. But with all the contradictory nutrition advice out there, is there really such a thing as “good nutrition”? There [...]

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Your Normal Weight (and How to Get There)

Posted by Sheryl Canter, June 1st, 2009
Categories: Social Norms & Bias, Tags: , ,

We just observed Memorial Day in the U.S., and that means summer with its skimpy clothing is just around the corner. This triggers fat panic in many people, but don’t start thinking about dieting again. Diets don’t work, and there’s another way that does.
We’ll start with the goal: How much should you weigh?

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Fat Prejudice: Myths & Facts About Obesity (VIDEO)

Posted by Sheryl Canter, May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Social Norms & Bias, Tags: , ,

This video, from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, is 17 minutes long and very well worth watching. It talks about the true causes of obesity — genetics play a big role — and the awful prejudice against fat people in this culture. The narrator is a high school student.

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