Please Click on Copy for Full Story Lawmakers and consumers are turning against big sugar. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Americans should eat and drink no more than 50 grams of sugar — roughly the amount in a can and a half of Coke — each day. The new proposal has
From the Huffington Post NEW YORK (AP) -- Obesity is still rising among American adults, despite more than a decade of public-awareness campaigns and other efforts to get people to watch their weight, and women have now overtaken men in the obese category, new government research shows. For the past several years, experts thought the
Today I am speaking at the University of Vermont College of Medicine about my work with Less Cancer and the policy, outreach and education changes that are needed to prevent this wicked disease. First, I think we must be honest with how we use and peddle the word "hope" in the cancer conversation. Like the
The University of Vermont College of Medicine American Medical Student Association (AMSA) chapter is presenting several presentations as part of Health Policy Week November 2 through 6, 2015. On Monday, November 2, 2015, from noon to 1 p.m., a presentation on “The State of Healthcare in Vermont” by Vermont Senator Ginny Lyons will take place
If the polls are correct, the current political climate is swinging towards an anti-establishment bias, with GOP "outsider" candidates dominating and Congressional approval at all-time lows. Increasingly, people are running away and choosing not to engage in public debate. While the disgruntlement is understandable, I also feel we as a people have become less nuanced
Lesscancer.org has been at the forefront of fueling leadership and have been pioneers in raising the bar on human health with the goal of cancer prevention through community engagement, education and policy. Unlike so many other organizations that are reaping benefits from large corporate donors in conflict from like causes we are dependent on
Link to CNN (CNN) —Pizza, French fries and ice cream may be the kinds of foods many of us love to indulge in after a night of drinking. But research earlier this year suggests we can actually have benders on these foods all by themselves, and it may even be a sign of an addiction.
We all have our socially-motivated priorities and often getting people to share them is a challenge. We see "challenges" to participate in one activity or another, for a wide variety of causes, every day. Since founding Less Cancer, aka Next Generation Choices Foundation, in 2004 I have worked towards educating and creating policies that work
.Amid the purely political talk about the horserace and polling, and who will have or avoid a "gotcha" moment, I hope the Democratic debate addresses real problems that affect Americans. My focus is on what the candidates would do to promote some basic environmental and health policies that would lead to a healthier society. So much
Politicians often promote the need for "innovation" and cast "regulation" as its diametrically-opposed villain. This is true especially in the realms of promoting sound public health and protecting the environment. The tired argument is an effort to engage the public in choosing a political ideology, as opposed to promoting nonpartisan policies that actually can make