Posts Tagged ‘obesity’
Food is Child’s Play
Saturday, January 1, 2011 21:28 1 CommentCleaning out my bookmarks had me lingering over several old articles from summertime – those celebrating the revolting foods being conjured up and served at state fairs. There was the doughnut burger, a quasi-beef patty served up between two Krispy Kreme doughnuts; deep-fried butter (good butter gone bad in GMO-laden vegetable oils); and deep-fried coke. [...]
Keeping the Masses Sick, Fat, and Happy
Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:31 8 CommentsHere’s an interesting post on food subsidies from 2007. When the House of Representatives debated the bill in July, PCRM, along with many other health and public interest groups, supported the Fairness in Farm and Food Policy Amendment, which was offered by Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ). This amendment would have limited [...]
People Are Gross Pigs
Friday, September 4, 2009 10:03 20 CommentsI am not the only one who is appalled by what people will eat. This clip from MSNBC Zeitgeist featuring Willie Geist is pretty funny. The first subject of the video is something that I found revolting when I first heard of it: Pizza Hut’s crust injected with cheese, as if the gobs of cheese [...]
Obesity Rankings
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 20:02 3 CommentsWhat would your day be without this kind of news? Mississippi is the King of Cellulite. Here’s a picture I took in Marietta, Ohio a few years back, during a parade.