WHEN MATURITY MATTERS: CASSANDRA’S CASE
Image courtesy of the New York Times On January 8th, Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled that a 17-year-old named Cassandra does not have the right to refuse cancer treatment that her doctors believe...
View ArticleWHO: A Spoon Full of Sugar? Well…But Don’t Overdo It
Prior to joining the O’Neill Institute, Disney’s Mary Poppins’ “A Spoon Full of Sugar” would never have triggered for me a single thought about obesity or diabetes. After all, the message is that...
View ArticleWomen and noncommunicable diseases in the United States
International Women’s Day on March 8 caused me to reflect on the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the lives of women in the United States. Four principal NCDs – cardiovascular disease,...
View ArticleCan we please stop fixating on weight loss as the solution to the obesity...
Image courtesy of metro.co.uk Last Friday, I felt very uneasy when I came across an article in the Washington Post about the obesity epidemic, in which a doctor declared that “exercise alone won’t make...
View ArticleINDONESIA HAS IT BACKWARD: IT’S NOT E-CIGARETTES THAT’S THE PROBLEM BUT SMOKING
This post was written by O’Neill Institute Executive Director, Oscar Cabrera and O’Neill Institute Faculty Director, Lawrence O. Gostin. Any questions about this post can be directed to...
View Article“That Sugar Film”: The O’Neill Institute Goes to the Movies
Photo courtesy of thatsugarfilm.com Each summer, staff at the O’Neill Institute gather to informally enjoy and discuss films covering events in public health. This summer, the majority of the movies –...
View ArticleCriminal Convictions for Selling Contaminated Peanut Butter – How About for...
This post was written by O’Neill Institute Executive Director, Oscar Cabrera and O’Neill Institute Faculty Director, Lawrence O. Gostin. Any questions about this post can be directed to...
View ArticleSugary drinks: New evidence on damage to cognitive development & Soda’s...
I’ve previously written about just how important the first three years of life are for brain development, and how food insecurity, malnutrition, stress and abuse can disrupt normal development of brain...
View ArticleFaster, higher, sicker? Ending sugary drink and junk food sponsorship of the...
In the midst of a global epidemic of adult and childhood obesity, it is time for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reject sponsorship from manufacturers of junk food and sugary beverages and...
View ArticleExclude sugary drinks from nutrition program, but exclude stigma too
Recent years have seen periodic calls for unhealthy foods, most prominently sugary drinks, to be excluded from items that can be purchased through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program...
View ArticleMore sugar industry interference: this time with ads warning of the health...
Last week, we learned that the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to minimize the link between sugar and heart disease, blaming saturated fat instead. Unfortunately, scientific evidence isn’t the...
View ArticleTAXATION AND SUBSIDIES FOR NCD PREVENTION: EVIDENCE AND GUIDANCE FROM WHO
This post was written by Gian Luca Burci, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law and Adjunct Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,...
View ArticleSome good news from Election Day: four U.S. cities vote in taxes on sugary...
The U.S. election results evoke concern, anxiety, and fear among many Americans, and throughout the world. Public health advocates are concerned about the future of the Affordable Care Act, fearful of...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical: WHO’s Renewed Focus on Promoting Physical Activity
In January this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) renewed its focus on physical inactivity, a key risk factor for the worldwide epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Encouraging and...
View ArticleWorld Salt Awareness Week: innovative regulations to reduce salt intake
Although it may seem like a harmless part of everyday life, high salt intake contributes to serious health risks that cause millions of deaths each year. This World Salt Awareness Week, we examine the...
View ArticleUtilizing Usable Technology to Improve Health Outcomes
I recently experienced one of the biggest scares of my life when my dad wound up in the emergency room for his failing heart. My dad, who is 59 years old, suffered a heart attack seven years ago...
View ArticleSugary drinks: New evidence on damage to cognitive development & Soda’s...
I’ve previously written about just how important the first three years of life are for brain development, and how food insecurity, malnutrition, stress and abuse can disrupt normal development of brain...
View ArticleFaster, higher, sicker? Ending sugary drink and junk food sponsorship of the...
In the midst of a global epidemic of adult and childhood obesity, it is time for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reject sponsorship from manufacturers of junk food and sugary beverages and...
View ArticleExclude sugary drinks from nutrition program, but exclude stigma too
Recent years have seen periodic calls for unhealthy foods, most prominently sugary drinks, to be excluded from items that can be purchased through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program...
View ArticleMore sugar industry interference: this time with ads warning of the health...
Last week, we learned that the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to minimize the link between sugar and heart disease, blaming saturated fat instead. Unfortunately, scientific evidence isn’t the...
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