Subject:

Obesity

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    S.F. Fat Activists Oppose Anti-Obesity Campaign

    ​ In a city where government leaders are proud to regulate your daily calorie intake, it's might be shocking to learn that there are fat activists here -- and they don't care how many Happy Meals you eat.As our sister blog, the Exhibitionist, points out, a San Francisco fat activist has launched t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Could a Soda Tax Save Lives?

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Blame McD's for Making Poor People Obese? Not So Fast

    ​There's an assumption in food-policy circles that obesity rates are high among the poor because they eat so much fast food. It's an assumption that led the LA City Council to ban the construction of new fast-food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods in 2008. But according to a new study from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    You Don't Have to Be Skinny to Be Healthy? Listen Up, Foodies

    Perhaps you can have your cake, eat it, and, um, have some more: CNN reports on two newly published studies that argue obesity is not automatically a prescription for death. The studies looked at the mortality rates for people with a high enough body mass index (BMI) to be considered obese. They di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    5 Reasons Californians Aren't as Fat as the Rest of America

    ​So much for bucking stereotypes. It appears that much-loved European canard about overweight Americans is, well... increasingly true. An annual obesity report has found that only one U.S. state -- Colorado -- has an obesity rate under 20 percent. (In 1995, according to the Associated Press, no st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Fair Trade Isn't Really Fair to Coffee Growers, Bon Appetit Justifies Gwyneth Cover

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Fair Trade Is Not Always Fair. The coffee blog Sprudge sent me to this disturbing story in Canada's National Post: A decade-long study of Nicaraguan coffee farmers by University o ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Fair Trade Is Not Always Fair. The coffee blog Sprudge sent me to this disturbing story in Canada's National Post: A decade-long study of Nicaraguan coffee farmers by University o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Kiss-In Today Downtown

    ​Invest in some Binaca, San Francisco. Fat Activists, outraged at a recent blog article on the Marie Claire website titled "Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV)?" have called for a "Big, Fat Kiss-In" at Fifth and Market at 6 p.m. Marie Claire is a Hearst publication -- and this will be convenien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    'Big Soda' Pleased By Demise of San Francisco Soda Fee

    Cheers, Gavin...​"Big Soda" is celebrating a bit today. How about a Fresca? With Mayor Gavin Newsom announcing the curtailing of his plan to impose a fee on the sales of soda within city limits to fund anti-obesity efforts, the folks who sell said sodas are satiated. "We're very happy with his cha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    High-Fructose Corn Syrup Seeks New Name: 'Corn Sugar'

    Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ever since Fast Food Nation went bathroom-reading bestseller, high-fructose corn syrup has left a sour taste with shoppers at or above the level of Safeway basic. Today, reports the Associated Press, the Corn Refiners Association is seeking to change that, not ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    List: Fast Food Notion

    Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Ever since Fast Food Nation went bathroom-reading bestseller, high-fructose corn syrup has left a sour taste with shoppers at or above the level of Safeway basic. Today, reports the Associated Press, the Corn Refiners Association is seeking to change that, not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    City's Anti-Obesity Soda Ban Won't Affect Obesity

    Not on city property you don't, Mean Joe...​Gavin Newsom's executive order forbidding soda machines on city property from hawking sugary soda is interesting for three reasons. One, the next photographer to snap a shot of Baby Montana with a soda is famous. Two, it warrants mentioning that Newsom d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Mayor's Soft Drink Ban Isn't Really About Calories

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Disabled Folk Protest "Tropic Thunder" at the Metreon

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    The "Taliban Mayor" the "Pandering Show Host" And Me

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Get Back At Your Parents With Oakland A's All-You-Can-Eat-Seating!

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Attention Porkies: No More Food For You!

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    Breaking News: Fast Food Makes People Fat

    The Upstairs Room/FlickrWouldn't you rather have a can of guava nectar?​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At SFoodie's sister news blog, The Snitch, editor Joe Eskenazi ticks off the reasons Mayor Newsom's ban on sodas in vending machines on city property doesn't make sense. Newsom unleas ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    My Body, My Self

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2007

    Carbon offsets for all! Supes take 3 week vacation (and counting) while Newsom goes into productivity overdrive - either way we're screwed. It's ...

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Slow Food Nation To Contemplate Then Masticate SF This May

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    Slow Food Nation To Contemplate Then Masticate SF This May

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    All-Glass Diet, Knitted Foodstuffs And The Obesity Virus: Lardasses Unite!

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    All-Glass Diet, Knitted Foodstuffs And The Obesity Virus: Lardasses Unite!

    Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    As a Matter of Fat

    The city's new weight discrimination law is badly reasoned, legally defective, costly, and bad for public health

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    South to the Future

    FAT OF THE LAND: First in a Four-Part Series

VOICE Daily Deals
for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This

About Us | Media Kit | Work for SF Weekly | Esubscribe | Free Classifieds | SF Weekly Advertising | National Online Advertising | Mobile | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Problems? | RSS | Site Map
© 2012 SF Weekly, LP, All rights reserved.
Browse Voice Nation
avatar
Newsletters | Mobile
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy