Two human studies, published in 1995 and 2000, tested the effect of carbohydrate vs. fat overfeeding on body fat gain in humans.  What did t...

Things are warming up here in Seattle and the flowers are blooming.  I just planted my first crops of the year-- potatoes and strawberries. ...

In the last post, a reader commented that the correlation would be more convincing if I graphed calories vs. average BMI rather than the pr...

Between 1960 and 2008, the prevalence of obesity in US adults increased from 13 to 34 percent, and the prevalence of extreme obesity increas...

Is excess weight hazardous to health, or can it actually be protective?  This question has provoked intense debate in the academic community...

Warning -- Satire -- April Fool's Post I'm happy to announce that I've accepted a Product Research and Development position wi...

The meta-analysis by Chowdhury et al. raised quite a furor from certain segments of researchers and the popular media.  I find this reaction...