Tag: Obesity

Obesity Healthcare System

Beltway Confidential

Obesity is actually saving healthcare systems money

Tim Worstall · August 13, 2018 4:00 pm

A House Republican is pushing the federal government to change federal regulations so whole, unflavored milk can be sold at public schools again.

Let public schools sell whole milk again, says GOP lawmaker

Pete Kasperowicz · April 27, 2018 8:11 pm

Indiaâs Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Biden,Â June 2023.

Could sports leagues be contributing to America’s obesity problem?

Robert King · April 3, 2018 3:26 pm

Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader took aim at President Trump on Twitter Thursday for the administration's opposition to Obamacare-mandated food labels. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ralph Nader tweet-rips Trump over ‘fat, sugar and salt’ and ‘big, costly military parade’

Daniel Chaitin · February 9, 2018 2:54 am

Soda taxes in localities such as Philadelphia have only increased the number of shoppers willing to drive outside the city limits to purchase their sugary soft drinks. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Seattle’s soda tax experiment is doomed to failure

Guy Bentley · January 10, 2018 10:27 pm

According to a copy of President Trump's New York driver's license, he is 6-foot-2, but in a September 2016 letter, Trump's longtime physician wrote that Trump's height was 6-foot-3 and that he weighed 236 pounds. The latter combination makes his body mass index 4 pounds short of "obese." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lied about his height to dodge ‘obese’ category: Book

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2018 5:09 pm

Michael Bloomberg wasted $10 million trying to convince Chicago-area Cook County to keep its soda tax

Beltway Confidential

Michael Bloomberg wasted $10 million trying to convince Chicago-area Cook County to keep its soda tax

daniel-takash, Guy Bentley · October 11, 2017 7:00 pm

In this Monday, July 13, 2015 photo, an obese woman, left, walks in New York. One-third of American adults and one in six children are now obese, although an annual report released Thursday by two nonprofit groups found that rates could be stabilizing. The report noted that 25 states had obesity rates above 30 percent. In 2000, no state had a rate above 25 percent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Washington Secrets

Obesity epidemic at new high, costs $150B a year, hurts military recruiting

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2017 3:54 pm

Former first lady Michelle Obama smiles while speaking at the Partnership for a Healthier American 2017 Healthier Future Summit in Washington, Friday, May 12, 2017. Despite her anti-childhood obesity initiative, kids are still fat. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

Obesity becomes worldwide epidemic, US is the fattest

Paul Bedard · July 26, 2017 12:54 pm

Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., said the increase in the number of overweight kids is a sign that more education about food and nutrition is needed at school. (AP Photo/ Kathleen Foody)

Democrats demand more ‘nutrition education’ in public schools to fight obesity

Pete Kasperowicz · July 21, 2017 5:20 pm

Soccer is far superior to football in its service of fitness. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Beltway Confidential

Soccer is way better than football, it isn’t even close

Tom Rogan · June 8, 2017 9:43 pm

"How about we stop asking kids how they feel about their food?" the former first lady asked. (AP)

Michelle Obama on kids complaining about school meals: ‘We are the adults in the room’

Kimberly Leonard · May 12, 2017 5:15 pm