Opinion
Reforming NC’s healthcare system with fresh food and free markets
Food is medicine, and it must become an integral part of our healthcare strategy.
Opinion
North Carolinians taking care of themselves, despite governor’s attempts to intervene
A recent study by RunRepeat found America is fat and getting fatter. Government edicts are making things worse for most of us. We’re already eating food that’s bad for us, and we’re eating bigger portions of it. Too much sugar, too much bad fat. Too little exercise. So, we’re both fat and lazy. Again, not...
Opinion
Dollar stores aren’t making Americans less healthy
My wife and I work hard to stay healthy, a big part of which is eating right, eschewing sugary and pre-packaged foods. Sometimes this is to the chagrin of our two teenage boys who — despite our best efforts — work tirelessly to make our pantry and refrigerator resemble the sad, barren grocery store aisles...
Opinion
Freedom Is A Weighty Issue
Individual freedom will be imperiled over time in rough proportion to the degree of individual dependency on the state.
Opinion
Doughnut Details and Public Health
RALEIGH -- When I first saw the headline, my heart sank. Panic crept into my chest. Life as I knew it was going to change, and there was nothing I could do about it.
Opinion
Do Doughnut Details Help Our Health?
Newly mandated calorie counts miss the point as the government pressures more people to adopt healthy eating habits.
Opinion
Flashback: Weighty Issues of Freedom
What you do in the privacy of your own homes regarding diet and exercise is now very much my business, as my habits are now yours.
Opinion
Jump Back Jack Sprat
How much freedom should consumers have to decide which products and services they are allowed to buy? Recent trends seem geared toward narrowing consumer and producer choices, particularly in the area of how we manage our body fat. If consumers would adopt the Golden Mean, they would help preserve their individual freedoms and prevent self-destructive behaviors from becoming 'fashionable.'
Opinion
The Mouse that Poured
It's a fact that, for better of for worse, many Americans pursue immoderate habits when it comes to food and drink. One result is that in the U.S. we have been getting noticeably more chubby. So, it seems, have our American mice. The health effects may be a past tense problem, however. Now, fat mice can have the same healthy profile as their normal-weight counterparts. Apparently, two vices are better than one.
Opinion
Asserting Links That Don’t Connect
Despite the lack of supporting evidence, heard politicians and activists assert confidently that suburban “sprawl” is a public-health problem that regulation and transit can address.
Opinion
Bill Won’t Stop War on Ads
Activists and trial attorneys, fresh from blaming tobacco ads for smoking-related illness, now want to regulate fast-food ads on the grounds that they cause obesity. Congress is responding, but not sufficiently.
Opinion
No. 156: National Geographic: Overindulging in Liberalism
An out-of-place National Geographic story on obesity in America assumes that people are incapable of making free choices.
