Obesity

Nanny State

Happy Halloween: Beware of Granola Bars

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.31.2006 4:23 PM

Policy

Trans Fat Transformation

Jacob Sullum | 10.30.2006 12:42 PM

Policy

You Can't Miss It—Even If You Want To

Jacob Sullum | 10.30.2006 11:47 AM

Policy

Lay Off the Fatties

They're not hurting anybody -- maybe not even themselves.

Jacob Sullum | 10.30.2006 7:29 AM

Policy

How the Upper Crust Eats

Food as a status symbol

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.25.2006 12:27 PM

Policy

The Fried Logic of Food Police

Trans fat in fast food? Who knew?

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2006 10:27 AM

Policy

Big Brother Prescribes

Are mandatory aerobics classes in your future?

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2006 2:23 PM

Policy

Big Brother Prescribes

Are mandatory aerobics classes in your future?

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2006 2:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Thin Population

Urban sprawl and obesity

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2006 12:00 AM

Politics

Pop Out

The new school beverage policy won't make students noticeably thinner

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2006 10:14 AM

Politics

Curb Your Enthusiasms

Moralists left and right want to control your carnal desires.

Radley Balko | 3.1.2006 12:00 AM

Culture

Does This Fat Suit Make My Heart Look Big?

Moribund Hollywood visits morbidly obese America.

A.S. Hamrah | 3.1.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Dora the Exploiter

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2006 12:00 AM

Politics

Permission for Pleasure

Does everything we enjoy have to be good for us?

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2005 12:00 AM

Policy

Cluster Busters

Fast food near schools.

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Warning: Coke, Though Refreshing, Is A Sponsor of This Program

The FCC's large-print solution to fine-tuned advertising

John Hood | 11.22.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Watching the Detectives

Epidemiologists are hot on the trail of the obesity pathogen

Jacob Sullum | 8.26.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Fat Nannies Want to Bust Your Gut

The right obesity policy does not hinge on the latest numbers

Jacob Sullum | 7.15.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

A Fistful of Lard

The "fatophobia" backlash

Cathy Young | 5.10.2005 12:00 AM

Culture

Teletubbies

Fat ad budgets and fat kids.

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Fat of the Land

Fighting obesity with pork.

Michael De Alessi | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Science & Technology

Editor's Note: Battle of the Bulge

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

The War on Fat

Is the size of your butt the government's business?

Jacob Sullum | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

American Slender

When did freedom become just another word for 10 pounds left to lose?

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Heavy Burden

The consequences of treating obesity as a disease

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2004 12:00 AM

Science & Technology

Caveat Emptor

The best science money can buy

Ronald Bailey | 7.14.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Big Mac Attack

Super Size Me asks the question: Is McDonald's unappealing -- or irresistible?

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Teletubbies

The link between fat ad budgets and fat children

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2004 12:00 AM

Culture

Spurlock's Splurge

Does a McDonald's binge prove fast food is "unreasonably dangerous"?

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Free to Not Choose

Can we better our circumstances by restricting our choices?

Brian Doherty | 4.6.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Hard Choices

Getting accustomed to one-stop dining

Soso Whaley | 4.6.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Reading List

Wash down that Big Mac with a book!

Soso Whaley | 4.5.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Call Me Ronald

Diary of a McDonald's diet

Soso Whaley | 4.2.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Fast Food Damnation

Why worry about stupid lawsuits?

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Lards And Stripes

Fat people made America great, and America makes great people fat

Nick Gillespie | 3.8.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Food Fight

Anti-fat police are ready to bust heads

Kelly Torrance | 12.23.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Letters

Reason Staff | 11.1.2003 12:00 AM

Nanny State

The Case of the Overlooked Cook

A fat guy's discrimination suit highlights ambivalence in the anti-obesity movement.

Jacob Sullum | 8.5.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Thinning the Herd

Is your weight the government's business?

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Time For Tubby Bye Bye?

Fat as a public health issue

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2003 12:00 AM

Culture

Big Fat Fake

The Atkins diet controversy and the sorry state of science journalism.

Michael Fumento | 3.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Gary Taubes tries to overwhelm the reader with sheer verbiage

Reason Staff | 3.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

If the Fat Suit Fits…

For the litigious, fat acceptance and the war on obesity both have something to offer.

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Hold the Lard!

The Atkins Diet still doesn't work.

Michael Fumento | 12.5.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Flying Fat

Passengers should pay for the space they eat up.

Mike Lynch | 6.21.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Big Fat Lie

Saving us before we eat again.

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Food Fight

What do a fat-accepting aerobics instructor and a fact-rejecting psychology professor have in common?

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

The Fat Tax Cut

Brian Doherty | 4.4.2002 12:00 AM