Tag: Obesity
How inherited fitness may affect breast cancer risk
Henry J. Thompson, Colorado State University
Repeated studies have shown that physical inactivity, and the occurrence of obesity to which it is linked, increases the...
Want to fix America’s health care? First, focus on food
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
The fundamental underlying challenge is cost...
Don’t hate your gut: It may help you lose weight, fight...
Jasenka Zubcevic, University of Florida and Christopher Martynuik, University of Florida
A universe of organisms living inside you may affect every part of your body,...
GOP health care bill would make rural America’s distress much worse
Claire Snell-Rood, University of California, Berkeley and Cathleen Willging, University of New Mexico
Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas...
Women compete to be thin for men – a pursuit exacerbated...
Helen Driscoll, University of Sunderland
Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4’s exploration into the rise of the plus-sized fashion industry is part of an ongoing debate...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
