New York trans fat ban: Life-saver or Orwellian?
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A proposal to ban most artery-clogging   trans fats from New York's restaurants could save thousands of   lives at little cost to restaurateurs, supporters of the   initiative said on Wednesday.
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New York City's board of health on Tuesday voted to phase out most artificial trans fats from restaurants, forcing doughnut shops and fast-food stands to remove artery-clogging oils from their cooking.
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Days after city health officials proposed outlawing trans fats in eateries, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the ban and tried to drag Robert De Niro into the debate because the actor's restaurants do not use the man-made oil.
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A widely reported government study that said obesity is about to overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States contained statistical errors and may have overstated
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No more trans fats with those french fries? No problem.
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NEW YORK  - A low dose of the diet drug   orlistat, coupled with a reduced-calorie diet, leads to   significant weight loss and improved lipid and blood pressure   profiles and is well tolerated, according to results of three   studies reported at the International Congress of Obesity in   Sydney, Australia.
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New Yorkers may have tasted the difference as new rules took effect barring trans fats &#151; but they couldn't always see the effect of a requirement that restaurants list calorie counts on menus.
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Concern over growing levels of obesity has sparked a lively debate among food sector professionals and health experts about how to halt a trend that is medically and economically harmful.
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The plan appeared to ensure that the city would eventually take some formal action against artificial trans fats, which are considered by health experts to raise the risk of heart disease.
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NEW YORK  - A daily serving of soy may help postmenopausal women avoid gaining fat around the middle, preliminary research suggests.
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- Burger King Corp.  said it has begun rolling out a trans fat-free cooking oil to its restaurants in the United States.
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The city's ban on trans fat-laden cooking oils, the first of its kind in the nation, went into effect Sunday.
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Scientists contend that trans fat, a component of partially hydrogenated oil, is more dangerous than the fat it replaced.
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Members of Parliament voted yesterday to ban artificial trans fats despite charges such action would be heavy-handed and &quot;assault the entire food industry&quot; by taking on such favourite foods as store-bought doughnuts and even home-baked goods.
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NEW YORK  - An Internet-based system that  provides online food shoppers with purchase-specific dietary  advice helps them buy foods that are lower in saturated fat  than the foods they initially set out to buy, according to new  study findings.
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New York City's Board of Health is expected to ban artery-clogging trans-fats from restaurants in the Big Apple.
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There is a dissonance between two camps of modern liberal ideology, both of which have had a deep influence on my thinking. On the one hand there is the green ideology that advocates buying locally produced products or growing your own and the general  reduction of energy usage. On the other there is the drop the debt coalition that is attempting to help the developing world drag itself up and become a richer place.   This article is my attempt to resolve their influence on my own beliefs, with regards to philanthropy.