Do we have the right to make the choice to be unhealthy?
If Every Country Were As Heavy As Ours the World Would Have 1 Billion Extra Mouths to Feed
"Until now, we've generally thought of overpopulation in terms of numbers of people on earth, with milestones for 5 billion, 6 billion, and so on. But one of the paper's authors suggests that measure may soon be superseded -- or at least rivalled -- by the sustainability of our growing waistlines."
Do the manufacturers bear any responsibility?
Pop Goes the Weasel: Can Good Deeds Help Keep the Soda Industry Super Sized
"These companies are not afraid to push the boundaries. In fact, if there’s a particularly disconcerting element to soda company CSR campaigns, it’s that many seem designed to get around restrictions on selling soda in schools. As the report observes: 'While soda companies agreed to remove full-calorie drinks from U.S. schools, CSR programs like the Refresh Project keep the brand in front of young people with promises of grants for children’s schools, parks, or other programs.'”
Should a person speaking a common sense truth have to defend themselves?
In defense of walking
"And you emailed and commented and tweeted that I had it all wrong and I wasn’t thinking about the disabled, or that I was discounting every transportation advancement since we learned to ride horses. But I was considerate of genuine use cases (read: disabilities) and I maintained that my main point was valid: we should walk!"
Can we make other decisions that help us to engage in more healthy behavior?
Urban Renaissance Driven By Thinking Small
"In a way, thinking small is the next logical step in America’s urban renaissance. When cities really started changing 10 or 15 years ago, the economy was booming and the Internet was a newfangled gizmo. Today, cities have less money but more ways to communicate, two conditions perfectly suited to more focused, low-cost planning."
Or will changing our relationship with food be the answer?
What Farms Can Do For Cities
"Gardens are becoming a more integrated piece of what it is to responsibly build a single-family residence, or an apartment building, or even a mall. More people are seeing gardening as a public health solution because you get both healthy food and physical activity out of it."
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