Nourish

02/16/2015

http://www.buzzfeed.com/carolynkylstra/this-is-gonna-hurt

Grab the hacksaw!

08/28/2013

http://www.livescience.com/39097-bmi-not-accurate-health-measure.html

Body mass index (BMI), the standard metric for obesity, may not be an adequate measure of health, some scientists say. It doesn't measure fat, and doesn't explain the causes of poor health, scientists say.

08/25/2013

This was fun to read.

Oh, gosh, I love kwin-oh-a!

08/02/2013

Hooray!

08/01/2013

Rinse that lettuce, folks...

An outbreak of a diarrheal disease may be linked to a bagged salad mix.

07/25/2013

It's about time!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/24/205124705/nyc-doctors-are-now-prescribing-fruits-and-veggies

But a new program in New York City has doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables to obese or overweight patients.

07/24/2013

Wow. Yikes...

A lawsuit has laid bare the real ingredients in Naked Juices. Naked Juice Co. has agreed to pay $9 million...

07/22/2013

Would this motivate you?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-dubai-gold-for-weight-loss-20130719,0,1179654.story?track=rss

Dubai's government will pay residents in gold for losing those extra pounds as part of a government campaign to fight growing obesity in the Gulf Arab emirate.

07/13/2013

I'm wondering how many calories are in a laser?

Food is one of the most important world-building tools in a writer's kit — it defines a world and the people in it. Self-described "food writer with a wicked sci-fi addiction" Jason Sheehan muses on food in science fiction — and whether, in the future, we'll all be eating dinner in pill form.

05/14/2013

Childhood obesity has become a national healthcare crisis in recent years. Children who are obese as preschoolers are at increased risk for adolescent and adult obesity, as well as an increased risk of developing many chronic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia (high cholest...

05/09/2013

It seems as photographers we have a fascination with photographing our food. From Henry's series of riders to looking on instagram we cant help but documenting what we consume. Peter does a great j...

05/08/2013

Why it's so hard not to lick that brownie bowl...

You know when you're eating frosting straight out of the can and you're thinking, "I don't even really like this flavor," but you keep on eating? (It's a