Category Archives: obesity epidemic

Yearning for the “Big Shhh”

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Adam K

There is a fun little game I fantasize about playing, if/when I ever get invited onto a cable news show as a guest, and I get locked into a debate with some angry idiot blowhard. I will wait patiently for … Continue reading →

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Adele Hite of Healthy Nation Coalition: Awesome Insights about Diet and Health

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Adam K

Today Caloriegate brings you a fantastic interview with the ever insightful Adele Hite, a MPH/RD candidate at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Adele serves as Executive Director of Healthy Nation Coalition, a group that’s striving to bring positive … Continue reading →

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The Essence of the Obesity Debate

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Adam K

It all comes down to this: Does “overeating” make us fat? Or does “overstoring” make us fat? The choice is a binary one. I choose choice #2. Because choice #1, while obvious sounding enough, is preposterous. It’s like saying the … Continue reading →

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Is the Paleo Diet Community a Cult?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Adam K

Just asking…  

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The “You’re Wrong, Therefore I’m Right About Everything” Disease

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Adam K

I’ve been reading a lot of diet blogs and books recently. And there’s something that almost all of them do that’s really starting to bug me. (I do it, too.) They (we) extrapolate way, way too much based on not … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We Stop Doing What Doesn’t Work?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Adam K

I’m a man who loves to be told he’s a complete idiot. It’s not that I’m a masochist. But all my favorite ideas — the ones that have revolutionized my life in wonderful ways — have come to me completely … Continue reading →

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The ONLY 100% Accurate Way to Think about Obesity?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Adam K

All weight loss diets — low fat, low calorie, low carb, low blarb, etc — are, at essence, ways to treat obesity and/or prevent it. Think about your weight loss goal as a mountain you want to climb. Reaching your … Continue reading →

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Is the Obesity Epidemic Unstoppable?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Adam K

The obesity epidemic ravages our society to the tune of trillions of dollars of every year, if you count up all its indirect costs and the indirect costs of those indirect costs. The trillion dollar question is: can we turn … Continue reading →

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