WHO: Tax soda

The World Health Organization is urging governments worldwide to tax sodas, as a way of combating obesity. Whether countries will take that recommendation is another issue entirely. You can read more here. Let the discussions of Big Nanny begin, but personally? I don’t think this is such a bad idea.

The American Medical Association supports obesity education for children

It says so here. I always feel a little weird talking about this. I don’t argue that there are health concerns that can be exacerbated by obesity, but I also would hate to see an extreme emphasis placed on losing weight. Teaching children (and adults) good eating/exercise habits? Cool! But some people are large, and …

Does attending worship services make you pack on the pounds?

David Briggs thinks so, at Huffington Post. He writes: In one study of some 5,500 women and men ages 45 to 84, participants were more likely to be obese the more religiously active they were. Each step of the way, from those never attending worship to those attending weekly, greater religious activity was associated with …