Obesity

Nanny State

Oh No! America's Kids Are Too Fat to Get Sent Off to Die!

Retired military leaders beat drum about national security to promote more Nanny State school actions.

Scott Shackford | 8.6.2012 1:22 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Says Mayors Are Wrong to Ban Chick-fil-A, Takes a Brief Break from Totally Sucking

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.27.2012 2:33 PM

Politics

NYC Board of Health Ponders Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.24.2012 3:36 PM

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?

Kennedy and 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