Although the day is still quite young, I think I’ll take a cue from Lee and post some things I’ve learned this week. Here’s What I learned Friday: There are some really funny bloggers out there. Blogging takes time. Lots of time. My boss wants to know where the report is that should have been […]
Texas children are among the fattest in the nation, with black and Hispanic kids at the highest risk for being overweight, a study shows. Texas fourth-graders were overweight at a rate 46 percent higher than children of similar age nationally, said Deanna Hoelscher, principal investigator of study, conducted by the University of Texas School of […]
Boing Boing! linked a Harvard Article about carbohydrates and obesity. Stealing the quote they quote from the (long) article: “We are not adapted to handle fast-acting carbohydrates,” Ludwig continues. “Glucose is the gold standard of energy metabolism. The brain is exquisitely dependent on having a continuous supply of glucose: too low a glucose level poses […]