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...
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...
Update: See Food Behind Bars Podcast episode “The Science” for discussion of prison nutrition research. High sugar, high-carb foods a key problem in prisons. Interviews Kimberly Wilson about her podcast series Crime and Nourishment....
The CDC article Artificial Intelligence, Public Trust, and Public Health (CDC Genomics and Precision Health, September 17, 2020) explains: As part of the Data Modernization Initiative, CDC is supporting strategic innovations in data science using...
On Facebook I’ve shared dozens of articles on pandemic, public health, and lockdown debates Here is are recent shares: • Irish Scientists and Doctors Inveigh Against Lockdowns (AIER, Nov. 19, 2020) The paper shows...
“How Antibiotic-Tainted Seafood From China Ends Up on Your Table,” (BloombergBusinessweek, December 15, 2016), describes the traditional “sustainable” Chinese use of animal waste to feed fish. Since the beginning of agriculture, animal waste has fertilized...
If you care about fish and the health of fisheries, or even just debating about fisheries, here is a book to put high on your summer reading list. University of Washington aquatic and fishery...
The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its foreign policy toward one or more of the following Central American countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.2024-2025 Debate Resolutions How can...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to discuss public policy ideas with two bright and motivated high school debaters. By email we discussed a recent debate on whether public employees ought to have the right...
