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Jenny Craig has just posted the results of a survey of 400 people which, according to the press release comes to the conclusion that your partner can make you fat. Apparently one in 10 women blame the bad eating habits of their partners for their weight gain, and 7% say their partner made them fat [...]

It is not trivial that ‘earning our daily bread’ is synonymous, even in the 21st century, with the most fundamental economic elements: do something so that you can eat. The only societies that don’t measure their success in terms of their daily bread are the societies that are equally dependent on other grains or starches: [...]

A number of firefighters in Atherton have developed cancer, so it is reported (it would appear from Google most prominently by the ABC) that we have a “cancer cluster”. The ABC is likely to be sensitive to this because of the cancer cluster at their former studios in Brisbane. The fire service is investigating, but [...]

Following the “Joey” Johns scandal, and in an effort to be consistent, major media outlets have decided that they will now take responsibility for their employees’ drug habits. Johns admitted to a history of abusing alcohol and illegal drugs. Not only was he criticised by the media, but so was his football club, the Newcaslte [...]

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know I have doubts that fast food is the major villain behind the rise in obesity. A new study says that the culprit is fruit juice. This claim should also be taken with a grain of salt (although it’s not on the DASH diet I’m [...]

I was recently very critical of a Cancer Council NSW study into fast food advertising. The award of Heart Foundation ticks to some McDonald’s meals puts the study into more trouble. McDonald’s has paid $330,000 to the Heart Foundation, and nine of its meals have qualified. Before anyone suggests the Foundation can be bought, this [...]

Cancer NSW recently complained that there was too much advertising for unhealthy food on Australian TV, as I discussed in my previous post. The balance is about to be redressed, at least partially. A new company called SumoSalad is to mount an advertising blitz against fast food (but not on TV). In early August, a [...]