by Dr Joe | Nov 16, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
One of the biggest reasons the “health” budgets are blowing out is because over the last 25 years as a society we have chosen to eat too much processed food. This has been seen as convenient and there has been a view that cooking is either too hard, too time consuming... by Dr Joe | Nov 9, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, Parenting
The ability of governments to create laws, which have ridiculous effects never, ceases to amaze me. The case of a primary school, which has had to cancel its fund raising cake sale due to health regulations, is a classic example of zeal gone to far. Justice Louis D... by Dr Joe | Oct 29, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, Parenting
Here is the bottom line. Childhood obesity is a problem. It is a function of the foods children eat both at home and at school. The people responsible for feeding children are parents not advertisers. Running the line that it is all to do with advertising allows... by Dr Joe | May 18, 2010 | ADHD, Childhood Obesity, Children's Health
The human genome (our genes) has changed very little over the last 10,000 years. How we live our lives has changed dramatically over that time and particularly in the last 50 years. A day in the life of a child growing up in the 1920’s would be completely different to... by Dr Joe | Mar 7, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, General Health
The famous golden arches have been in the news this week and as usual attracting a degree of criticism. Questions have been raised about McDonalds sponsorship of the Winter Olympics and also a deal struck with weight watchers. It is worth getting something on the... by Dr Joe | Feb 12, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health
Childhood obesity has been put front and centre with Michelle Obama. An ambitious goal to eliminate childhood obesity in a generation has been made. There is an old quote attributed to Michelangelo that it is better to aim too high and miss than to aim too low and...
