Big Fat Lies (page14)

Lies, Damn Lies, and (Food) Statistics

As we wrote recently at The Daily Caller, the latest study finding a link between red meat and mortality has flaws. Notably, the data requires participants to remember…
PostedMarch 26, 2012 at5:16 pm

A Red Light for Marion Nestle’s Calorie Advice

New York University professor Marion Nestle isn’t known for having a high opinion of the ability of “ordinary mortals” to choose their own food. She…
PostedMarch 22, 2012 at4:17 pm

Cookies Equal Cocaine? Scientists Say It Ain’t So

The latest fad in obesity research is to claim that Americans are fat because “fatty food [is] addictive as cocaine,” to borrow from a Bloomberg News headline.
PostedMarch 21, 2012 at4:06 pm

Politicized Health Might Take Choice out of American Diets

Last week, researchers released a study that showed an association between mortality and the consumption of red and processed meat based on two surveys of healthcare professionals. As our…
PostedMarch 19, 2012 at4:51 pm

A Vision of Lustig’s World

You might remember the dust-up over an article by Robert Lustig about regulating sugar like alcohol or tobacco. Among his proposed policies was an age requirement to buy…
PostedMarch 16, 2012 at3:35 pm

UN Bureaucrat Pens Manifesto for Global Food Police

The United Nations has a bureaucrat with the title Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food, currently Belgian Olivier De Schutter. This might seem like the name of…
PostedMarch 14, 2012 at4:41 pm

CCF Dispels Sugar Scare

Last month, University of California-San Francisco professor Robert Lustig made headlines with his Nature article claiming that sugar was toxic and must be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
PostedMarch 12, 2012 at3:20 pm

“Food Deserts” not the Obesity Culprit

Among the food-related bogeymen that activists blame for America’s bulging waistlines is the so-called “food desert,” an urban or rural area that has a shortage of supermarkets. At first…
PostedMarch 9, 2012 at10:10 am

Publicity Hound Physician: Require ID for Soda

“I’m actually trying to undo the nanny state.” Coming as it did from a public health researcher, that sounds like a breath of fresh air, right? Has…
PostedFebruary 2, 2012 at5:41 pm

Laughing at PCRM, Not with PCRM

It’s no surprise that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is behind the ridiculous new billboards attacking cheese. The two new billboards, located near Albany, NY, show a man’s belly…
PostedJanuary 19, 2012 at4:59 pm