Today I read about a menu labeling intervention that took place in 1990. It involved 4 restaurants within a small geographical area (adj...
Fast Food Customers - Walk Ins vs Drive Throughs
About a year before the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was amended to include menu labeling, researchers associated with Yale and led by Chr...
Odds and Ends
HPV and Herd Immunity I believe I've mentioned herd immunity when discussing seasonal flu. Basically, it means that if enough people ...
Prosperity and Weight Gain
Researchers often make note of the parallel rise in economic prosperity and weight gain. The percent of people who are overweight increa...
Which Risk Matters Most?(repost with new link)
Due to the level of importance this post is being republished today. The topic includes the importance of waist circumference as a marker of...
What does your body tell you about that meal?
It is quite interesting to read articles about diet and health that were written between the 70s and 90s compared to those written in the...
Heat, Hydration and Exercise Amounts
Heat, Hydration and Muscles This goes into the “learned the hard way” category. Maybe you can learn from my experience. As you may recall...
Odds and Ends
Whooping Cough According to the CDC, the US is having its worst whooping cough outbreak in 50 years. Whooping cough is the common name for ...
New Faces in FHE
Our new volunteer Bharti Budhiraja teaching our children. Thank you for your effort. We hope you are enjoying. Keep it up :) Neha Tayal b...