Food

Marc Ambinder

Stories

Jul 27 2009, 7:48 am

Tackling The Politics of Obesity

The author is live-blogging the Centers for Disease Control's first-ever Weight of the Nation obesity conference.read more

Stories

Jun 16 2009, 10:09 am

The Skinny: Childhood Obesity Rates Stable?

Since 1976, a Chicago-based research firm has been compiling detailed data on the choices kids make when they visit fast food restaurants. For the first time, the "bad" stuff that kids order is losing share (though not its top perch) to the "good" stuff.read more