Obesity

Politics

Would President Mitt Romney "Vigorously Enforce" Obscenity Laws?

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.19.2012 4:40 PM

Policy

In Praise of the Corner Liquor Store

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.19.2012 11:23 AM

Culture

Katherine Mangu-Ward Discusses Banning McDonald's from the Olympics on CNN's OutFront with Erin Burnett

Reason Staff | 7.9.2012 12:11 PM

Policy

Jacob Sullum on Strengthening Bloomberg's Beverage Ban

Reason Staff | 7.5.2012 1:30 AM

Politics

Who Will Save Our Precious Children from the Vile Purveyors of Cranberry Juice?

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2012 4:19 PM

Politics

The Benefit of Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban

The mayor's soda scheme won't make anyone thinner, but it sets a paternalistic precedent.

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

'We Have Evolved to Need Coercion'

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 12:56 PM

Politics

Obesity in America: To Win, We Have to Lose Government

Tracy Oppenheimer | 6.6.2012 12:45 PM

Politics

The New Yorker Admires Bloomberg's 'Incorrigible Nannyism'

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2012 2:25 PM

Politics

Soda Jerk Michael Bloomberg Strikes Again (Nanny of the Month, May 2012)

Ted Balaker | 6.1.2012 11:30 AM

Politics

New Yorkers Sound Off on Bloomberg's Drink Ban

Anthony Fisher | 5.31.2012 6:04 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Insists His Plan to Limit New Yorkers' Soda Sizes Cannot Possibly Work

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 12:06 PM

Policy

FDA Says High Fructose Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name or Dye Its Hair Blond to Avoid Being Recognized

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.31.2012 10:22 AM

Policy

Utah School Fined $15,862 for Accidentally Selling Soda at Lunch

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.17.2012 4:20 PM

Policy

Do Poor People Ignore the Government's Dietary Advice Because They Can't Afford Healthy Food?

Jacob Sullum | 5.17.2012 12:44 PM

Politics

School Junk Food Ban Study Loaded With Empty Calories

Scott Shackford | 5.14.2012 3:33 PM

Nanny State

Fat Americans Need To Be Poked and Prodded To Thinness

J.D. Tuccille | 5.8.2012 12:49 PM

Policy

Is Your Flab Imposing a Burden on Society?

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 3:52 PM

Nanny State

NYT Dives Back Into the Food Desert Swamp

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.27.2012 4:10 PM

Policy

The Mirage of Blooming 'Food Deserts'

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2012 1:33 PM

Policy

Harris Poll Reflects and Reinforces Incoherent Thinking About 'Public Health'

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 3:28 PM

Policy

Do People Eat Too Much Because They Enjoy It Too Little?

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2012 3:37 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman: Government Is 'on Our Side' When It Stops Us From Eating What We Want to Eat

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2012 1:55 PM

Politics

Kennedy on Whitney Houston, Adele, &…Michelle Obama?

Nick Gillespie | 2.17.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Is This the Sort of Chip Manufacturer Obama Has in Mind?

Jacob Sullum | 2.13.2012 12:40 PM

Policy

Maybe Schools Don't Control What Kids Eat

Jacob Sullum | 1.24.2012 4:49 PM

Policy

Will the Obesity Plateau Allow Us to Take a Breather From Paternalistic Panic?

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2012 11:49 AM

Politics

'Things Happened'

The year's highlights in shifting responsibility

Jacob Sullum | 12.28.2011 7:00 AM

Nanny State

Former Senate Leader, Cat Torturer Bill Frist: America is Too Fat to Fight

Nick Gillespie | 11.30.2011 11:32 AM

Nanny State

Aussie Gov't to Citizens: You Are So Fat, We Sank to the Bottom of the Map

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.29.2011 3:24 PM

Policy

Fast Food Is Not a Poor Choice

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2011 12:11 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts…Such As Mark Bittman

Jacob Sullum | 10.17.2011 3:09 PM

Policy

Bloomberg: Paternalism Is 'Government's Highest Duty'

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2011 4:16 PM

Nanny State

Fat Tax in Denmark: Melancholy Danes Have One More Reason to be in Bad Mood

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2011 10:11 AM

Policy

'Childhood Itself Is Now in Crisis'

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2011 5:19 PM

Policy

Meddling in Other People's Diets Is 'Fun' and 'Inspiring'

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2011 2:32 PM

Nanny State

Study: Menu Labeling Doesn't Impact Food Choices

Baylen Linnekin | 7.1.2011 4:56 PM

Politics

Frustrated States Banning Local Food Bans

Baylen Linnekin | 7.1.2011 10:55 AM

Culture

New Study on Kids, Ads, & Obesity Says Same Thing in Mildly Different Way

Baylen Linnekin | 6.28.2011 4:11 PM

Politics

LA Times Talks Sense on Soda Taxes

Baylen Linnekin | 6.27.2011 3:16 PM

Policy

Uncle Sam's Cool New Way of Nagging You to Eat Your Vegetables

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2011 3:20 PM

Politics

Debating Federally Funded School Lunches on Federally Funded Radio

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2011 10:47 AM

Policy

Easy Work Joins Delicious Food As a Public Health Menace

Jacob Sullum | 5.27.2011 5:55 PM

Policy

How Did Toucan Sam Became a Scapebird for Childhood Obesity?

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2011 1:42 PM