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October 01, 2004

How did Anorexia get its name?

Anorexia is simply the medical name for loss of apetite. MORE...


April 23, 2003

WHO vs Coca-Cola and the Snack Industry (part 2)

The speech I mentioned yesterday was indeed held today! ''We have known for a long time that foods high in saturated fats, sugars, and salt, are unhealthy; that we are, globally, increasing our intake of energy-dense, nutritionally poor food as our lives become increasingly sedentary,'' says Dr Brundtland. MORE...


April 22, 2003

The Coca-Cola Conspiracy against WHO

''American beverage companies are trying to stop the publication of a World Health Organisation (WHO) report about unhealthy nutrition.'' MORE...


September 09, 2002

Anorex?!

An american company has started promoting a ''weight control drug'' called Anorex. You'd think it was a cruel cruel hoax... MORE...


July 31, 2002

Pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites

After I wrote quite harshly about the man who sues fast food firms for his obesity, I noticed I was getting a steady trickle of referrals from an odd and... MORE...