Misinformation About Eating in America

A common refrain out of Washington is that obesity is an “epidemic” that has not only created poor health outcomes – but is also raising the cost of health care for all consumers. Yet simultaneously, the public also hears that more Americans than ever are going hungry. These alarmist messages are used to justify more government regulation and programs. The truth? The obesity rate in this country hasn't changed for more than a decade, and only a small percent of Americans experience hunger. For the hungry, there are a variety of government programs to help those truly in need.

• Obesity
• Hunger

ARTICLES:

Misinformation About Healthy Food Hurts Poor
March 26 2013
Julie Gunlock

Nanny B's Soda Ban: A New York Judge Doesn't Swallow It
March 11 2013
Charlotte Hays

Michelle Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment
March 4 2013
Julie Gunlock
National Review Online

Bans on Home-Packed Lunch and Compulsory Cooking Classes
February 12 2013
Julie Gunlock

News to Senator Harkin: Obesity Rates Down!
January 31 2013
Julie Gunlock

Childhood Obesity: Another Study Points to Parental, Not Governmental, Intervention
January 22 2013
Julie Gunlock

WNBA Player Lisa Leslie: A Women for Food Freedom and Parental Responsibility!
January 17 2013
Julie Gunlock

Meanwhile, Back on Defense...
January 14 2013
Julie Gunlock

Coca-Cola Transitions To Offense
January 14 2013
Julie Gunlock

Culture of Alarmism Watch: Fat Activism
January 11 2013
Julie Gunlock

New Year's Resolution: Eat More?
January 2 2013
Julie Gunlock

Good News: Obesity Rates Decline
December 11 2012
Julie Gunlock

It's Good For You...It's Bad For You...It's Good...
November 27 2012
Julie Gunlock

Regulators Eye Alcohol
November 20 2012
Julie Gunlock

Another Misleading Soda Study
November 5 2012
Julie Gunlock

School Lunch Promises Broken
September 26 2012
Julie Gunlock

Blame Game Alert: Now It's the Food Wrapper!
September 20 2012
Julie Gunlock

Michelle Obama’s Mistaken Threat Assessment
September 14 2012
Lisa Schiffren

McDonalds Posts Calories; Eaters Yawn and Order High-Calorie Food
September 13 2012
Julie Gunlock

The First Lady Thinks Fat, Not Radical Islam, is the Greatest National Security Threat
September 13 2012
Julie Gunlock

New York Health Board Votes on Bloomberg Drink Ban
September 13 2012
Julie Gunlock

Organics: No Healthier?
September 5 2012
Julie Gunlock

North Carolina: Land of the Not So Free to Blog
August 28 2012
Julie Gunlock

Fooled Again, Ms. Parker!
August 7 2012
Julie Gunlock

Big Government Won't Solve the Problem of Big Americans
July 18 2012
Julie Gunlock

Weight Obsessed America
July 17 2012
Julie Gunlock

Another Government Food Reversal
June 26 2012
Julie Gunlock

Politics and Food Do Not Mix
June 25 2012
Julie Gunlock

As New York Goes, So Goes the Country
June 19 2012
Julie Gunlock

Soda and Health Policy Overreach
June 11 2012
Diana McKibben

School Sponsored Beer-A-Day Policy to Help Fight Obesity
June 8 2012
Julie Gunlock

Food Bans Fail
June 4 2012
Vicki E. Alger

Prohibition Returns to New York
May 31 2012
Julie Gunlock

Latest Sugar Study Has Little To Do With Sugar
May 18 2012
Julie Gunlock

Parents, Not the Government, Should be Food Police
May 16 2012
Julie Gunlock

Wrong Message on Obesity
May 16 2012
Julie Gunlock

Government's New Obesity Message: Give Up!
May 14 2012
Julie Gunlock

A New Obesity Documentary Reveals Nothing New
May 3 2012
Julie Gunlock

Parents Keep Kids Healthy
April 25 2012
Julie Gunlock

The Jig Is Up on Food Deserts
April 19 2012
Julie Gunlock

Girls Are Insecure. Wonder Why?
April 10 2012
Julie Gunlock

This Summer, Let's Stop Blaming Soda
March 27 2012
Julie Gunlock
Townhall

Anti-Obesity Funds Used to Pay Lobbyists
March 12 2012
Julie Gunlock

The Anti-Food Movement Takes Over America’s Premier Food City
March 8 2012
Julie Gunlock

Chemicals, Toys, and Calories
February 29 2012
Julie Gunlock

Thin And Unhealthy
February 22 2012
Julie Gunlock

Now Diet Soda's Bad Too
February 15 2012
Julie Gunlock

Dueling Obesity Studies
February 10 2012
Julie Gunlock

Parenting: A Lost Art
February 4 2012
Julie Gunlock

Death Via Chicken Nugget
January 30 2012
Julie Gunlock