“Obesity” on The Daily Caller

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $830 million funding obesity studies in fiscal year 2011. Between 2008 and 2011, NIH spent over $3.3 billion on obesity research. (more)

The United States is rushing toward a health and economic catastrophe, with significant repercussions on our global competitiveness and national security. The emerging obesity epidemic has no real parallel with any other health crisis in our history. In the past, we have met the challenges of epidemics and other serious diseases and emerged with new knowledge, new technologies and superior tools to better our nation’s health. We need to take the same approach with obesity, coming up with tested and reasonable programs that both address the problem and help inspire new life-saving and wealth-creating technologies. (more)

Overweight? Then don’t bother applying for a job at Citizens Medical Center, a Victoria, Texas hospital whose hiring policy prohibits the hiring of people who are obese. (more)

“Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria Nuggets” (more)

A Danish researcher claims he has discovered yet another reason to combat the rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere: it is making us fat. (more)

The idea of government money going toward efforts to lobby the government sounds like some type of joke, but it’s not. (more)

In case you’ve been under a rock for the last decade, there was a housing market crash that led to a recession, and — oh, yes — Americans are fat. (more)

WINDHAM, N.H. — While taking questions at a tea party event Monday evening, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich talked with an overweight teenager about corruption, self-acceptance and growing up chubby. (more)

Despite its small stature, Denmark has greatly influenced American breakfasts with its deliciously buttery and flaky Danishes. Unfortunately, its latest potential export isn’t so savory: the world’s first “fat tax.” (more)

Comedian and host of “The Price Is Right” Drew Carey told The Daily Caller that First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign and related health initiatives cannot “make people be healthy.” Throughout his childhood, Carey said he “never paid attention” to recommendations from the president or his physical fitness council, stressing that weight issues are “so personal.” (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans talk skinny but eat fat. (more)

Scientists publishing new research through the National Bureau of Economic Research have concluded that quitting smoking is the biggest quantifiable cause of obesity. (more)

About half of both men and women in the U.S. will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue, health experts warned today. (more)

In a multi-part series published Thursday, the British medical journal The Lancet recommends national governments impose new regulations and taxes to stop an “obesity epidemic” that is sweeping the planet. (more)

The decades-long federal campaign against obesity has achieved a perfect record of failure. (more)

Despite the obesity epidemic, North Carolina Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, and Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis are pushing legislation to encourage the media to produce healthier images of women. (more)

In case you missed the ruckus, 550 public health activists signed a letter last week demanding the forced retirement of Ronald McDonald. Apparently, this sinister figure is causing childhood obesity. (more)

On May 26, 2009, Robert Lustig gave a lecture called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” which was posted on YouTube the following July. Since then, it has been viewed well over 800,000 times, gaining new viewers at a rate of about 50,000 per month, fairly remarkable numbers for a 90-minute discussion of the nuances of fructose biochemistry and human physiology. (more)

City of Boston Mayor Tom Menino signed an executive order, Thursday, banning the sale, promotion and advertising of sugary drinks on government-owned property. The order requires departments under the city government to take steps to comply with the ban within six months. (more)

As Congress continues to battle over budget cuts, one House subcommittee took the first step toward defunding a slush fund of taxpayer money used for anti-obesity campaigns throughout the country. In a little-noticed hearing last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee voted out legislation that would repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund that was created in the health care reform bill. (more)