The CDC’s recent report of the top 10 Public Health Achievements of the past decade overlooked one of the most important: progress in the fight against obesity.

I bet you’re surprised to read this…

HHS officials just released their end-of-decade assessment of progress made toward the Health People 2010 goals. This public health program aims to identify the nation’s health improvement priorities, and provide…

Later today, researchers from Yale University will present an important new study at this year’s American Public Health Association conference. Their research study shows that food companies continue to aggressively market sugary drinks and other junk foods to young children, despite prior pledges to improve child-directed advertising. Nearly 600 products from 14 beverage companies were […]

My initial reaction to last week’s announcement of a new Michigan policy to track kids’ weight was emotional and negative. Indeed, so many recently publicized policies and prescriptions…

A patient of mine recently alerted me to this exciting NY Times article that describes the admission process of Virginia Tech‘s medical school. Rather than the traditional interview questions about test scores and grades, this process is more like “speed dating,” in which candidates are randomly exposed to 8 standardized patients (actors) who each present […]

Originally published in The Huffington Post. By now, virtually everyone reading this is familiar with the alarming stats on obesity rates and the health outcomes associated with excess weight. And by now, we’ve all had a chance to develop our own opinions about what obesity is and why most of us are getting fat.  Here’s […]