obesity

Fat, in medicine, it is called adipose tissue, is the body’s primary energy reservoir, storing energy in the bountiful times, releasing it in the fallow.

Activist groups have attacked all sorts of alleged villains for undermining public health—Big Ag and Big Pharma being the two most common punching bags.

After being obese for most of my life, I finally made the decision to get in shape in my early 20s.

You're familiar with the phrase "diet wars." Some people swear low-carb is the way to go. Others say such hi-fat programs will kill you; what you really need is a vegetarian diet.

“Good advice, good advice. Good advice costs nothing, and it's worth the price,” sang comedian and musician ">Allan Sherman in 1964.

What is a disease?

Obesity is a description, not a “disease.”

Years ago, I ran a full-exercise physiology or metabolic lab for a large medical practice.

The medication causing all the talk is semaglutide (Oh, you mean Ozempic or Rybelsus, both trade names) that are approved for Type II diabetes because they increase insulin production (the within) and thereby improve glucose metabolism.

To answer that question, researchers reviewed the 14 different government strategies directed at obesity in the UK since 1991. Overall, each strategy was associated with a median of 35 policies.