Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Fat and Carbohydrate: Clarifications and Details

The last two posts on fat and carbohydrate were written to answer a few important, but relatively narrow, questions that I feel are particul...

Friday, June 13, 2014

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... kettle corn! Read more »

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Has Obesity Research Failed?

I frequently encounter the argument that obesity research has failed because it hasn't stopped the global increase in obesity rates.  Ac...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Calorie Intake and Body Fatness on Unrestricted High-fat vs. High-carbohydrate Diets

In recent posts, we've explored the association between calorie intake and the US obesity epidemic , and the reasons why this associatio...

Friday, May 30, 2014

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... Lay's milk chocolate-dipped potato chips!! Read more »

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A New Understanding of an Old "Obesity Gene"

As you know if you've been following this blog for a while, obesity risk has a strong genetic component .  Genome-wide association studi...

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Fat vs. Carbohydrate Overeating: Which Causes More Fat Gain?

Two human studies, published in 1995 and 2000, tested the effect of carbohydrate vs. fat overfeeding on body fat gain in humans.  What did t...