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Your top tunes to tone up to Bill bans weight, height discrimination Welcome to the 'calorie valley' Study: Obesity, smoking reduce some women's life expectancy Taking away recess is 'cruel and unusual' Schlosser gives some food for thought Author talks fries, farming, immigration Who's to blame? Bill: Do not feed the obese In her words January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 This blog accompanies The Califiornian's series of stories on obesity. To read the stories, go to www.bakersfield.com/weigheddown. 
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If you saw Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser speak last night at Cal State Bakersfield, you probably left a little smarter and a little more grossed out by hamburgers.
Some things he mentioned that I checked up on:
Schlosser mentioned that McDonald's is marketing beef in China by referencing the Chinese belief that beef enhances virility. After watching one of these ads on YouTube I feel thoroughly scandalized. As one of my coworkers put it, this ad makes hamburgers orgasmic. The...
Eric Schlosser is an out-and-proud carnivore.
His favorite meal: cheeseburger, French fries and a chocolate shake.
But that doesn't mean the "Fast Food Nation" author goes easy on the burger-and-fries industry. If you know anything about him or his New York Times bestseller, you know he's brought watchdog journalism to fast food like how Upton Sinclair brought muckraking to the meatpacking industry.
As part of One Book, One Bakersfield...One Kern, Schlosser will be talking about...
The debate over who's to blame for obesity — society or the individual — is an interesting one many of you have been involved in on this blog.
It makes me think of this passage from Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity by Dr. Susan Okie. The first sentence is a little technical, but stick with it:
The control centers for tracking energy balance and regulating body weight are located primarily in the hypothalamus, a small part of the brain that specializes in...
When I first saw this bit of news, I thought it was out of The Onion.
A Mississippi bill wants to make it illegal to feed the obese.
From the text of House Bill No. 282:
Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The...
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