Some weeks it really seems that the world has gone completely mad. A child in Ohio has been removed from the care of his parents due to being obese. According to reports on yahoo news the eight-year child weighed 200 pounds and his mother has been charged with...
The editors at Consumer Reports, recently posed the perennial question: “How tasty are lunch box options when your children won’t eat fresh fruit?” The answer, say the kids who recently taste-tested packaged fruit cups for Consumer Reports: “It depends.” Let me...
Guest Contributor – Elisa Zied Is Michelle Obama really more like the Hamburgler in disguise? Or is she simply an American woman who, according to a Washington Post reporter, had a craving for, and subsequently ordered some of her favorite comfort foods—a burger...
It is not often that something makes my blood boil but this has. I received a letter from the Federal Government informing me of its new Healthy Start For School “ initiative”. This is a scheme whereby any parent receiving an income support payment in the financial...
On my regular radio spot with Paul Murray this week we spoke about childhood obesity. A gaggle of health agencies are calling (again) for a ban on junk food advertising. This is popular with public health people because it is seen to be doing something and is able to...
A recent report has confirmed what we all know-that children are getting fatter because they are not allowed to run around and play. This comes from parents wanting to wrap kids in cotton wool-also known as helicopter parenting There is a new push to get children to...
