Category: Nutrition/Public Health
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy towards one or more countries in Europe. The Stoa Spring Vote 2022 page briefly reviews past US military operations for Europe (WWI, WWII,...
Many interesting resolutions with great opportunities to learn, discuss, and debate. [Update: the import-export policy reform topic was chosen. Discussed in other posts.] Let’s start with Africa: “The United States Federal Government should substantially...
The Stoa league debate topic and institutional bias for surgery [Also posted on NormalNutrition.substack.com here.] Biases (or preferences) are baked into institutions such as the National Institutes for Health. NIH fiscal year 2021 funding of...
Today at APEE Conference I have short presentation on Public Health panel. Link here to Normal Nutrition post with draft of talk. And drawing from Goodman Institute Brief Analysis #142, discussed here: Overweight? Blame...
For the Stoa A.I. topic (Resolved: The USFG should substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology), can improved A.I. advance health and medical care, including cancer and other disease research and therapies? And...
Poor nutrition following misguided Federal Dietary Guidelines contribute to impulsive and aggressive behavior in prisons A previous federal prison reform post, Time to Reform Unhealthy Federal Prison Food linked to various articles and podcasts...
A healthy American economy should include healthy Americans. Yet most Americans are not healthy and suffer from a range of lifestyle-related health problems. Insulin resistance is now seen as the major underlying condition for...
Dr. Penny Figtree, decided “After 20 years in general practice [to] focus on weight loss and diabetes.” In Dr. Figtree’s compelling Low Carb Down Under video (Dr. Penny Figtree – ‘The Life of a...
Over the last year public health became the world’s number one public policy concern, and poor nutrition should have been at the center of discussion and debate. Past nutrition and public health posts share...
Micah Meadowcroft calls for cutting Fifteen Pounds To Slow The Spread (The American Conservative, July 26, 2021). The title refers both to waistlines spreading across America and to spreading health problems, from chronic diseases...