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 | May 11, 2010 | Cancer, General Health, Health & Wellness
It is amazing how discoveries, which are simple, do not make big news. If a pill which reduced breast cancer by one third was released it would be big news. There would be massive demand and the company, which made it, would see profits and the share price rocket....
