Deborah A. Cohen, MD
Deborah A. Cohen is a senior natural scientist.
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The beverage industry derailed the movement for soda taxes in California by convincing state elected officials to pre-empt local taxing authority in exchange for cancelling a ballot initiative that would have made all new taxes difficult to pass. But taxes…
The beverage industry derailed the movement for soda taxes in California by convincing state elected officials to pre-empt local taxing authority in exchange for cancelling a ballot initiative that would have made all new taxes difficult to pass. But taxes are not the only way to reduce sugary beverage consumption in California or the U.S. as a whole.
The beverage industry has come up with several ideas on how to …
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A new way to reduce sugary beverage consumption
Conditions and diseases
Two years ago, much ado was made about what appeared to be a decline in obesity rates among 2- to 5-year-olds, a finding based on a national study of fewer than 1,000 children that age. However, subsequent analyses have shown…
Two years ago, much ado was made about what appeared to be a decline in obesity rates among 2- to 5-year-olds, a finding based on a national study of fewer than 1,000 children that age. However, subsequent analyses have shown the decline to be transient at best. The number of overweight, obese and severely obese children in that age group — as well as older children, …
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Why obesity rates continue to climb. And what can be done to stop it.
Conditions and diseases
It’s hard to eat less when there is too much on your plate. That’s the major reason why America is in the throes of an obesity epidemic, abetted by the aggressive marketing of all things edible. More esoteric-sounding reasons for…
It’s hard to eat less when there is too much on your plate.
That’s the major reason why America is in the throes of an obesity epidemic, abetted by the aggressive marketing of all things edible.
More esoteric-sounding reasons for this epidemic — such as fat-favoring microbes in your body or hormone-laden foods — shouldn’t even be part of the discussion, because how much we consume largely explains why we’ve put on …
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It’s hard to eat less when there is too much on your plate
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