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David Kessler

A Girl Scout Cookie Gets "Healthwashed:" Musings on Nutritionism and Our Kids

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 03.24.2013 | Home
Bettina Elias Siegel

You can easily see how a less food-savvy parent might conclude that feeding a child Mango Cremes is actually a net positive -- the same as offering fruit, when of course a Mango Creme is, in the end, a highly processed, white flour cookie.

The Salted Caramel Ice Cream of Sex

Ethlie Ann Vare | Posted 12.22.2012 | Women
Ethlie Ann Vare

Internet pornography is the junk food of sex and love addiction.

Schools Ban Flamin' Hot Cheetos, But Why Stop There?

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 10.19.2012 | Home
Bettina Elias Siegel

Various schools around the country are banning Flamin' Hot Cheetos. But what makes Flamin' Hot Cheetos so different from other junk food that it deserves its own special ban in schools? And why are schools in the business of selling this stuff?

David Kessler, Former FDA Commissioner, On Tobacco: 'It Was A Battle Royal'

AP | By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 10.05.2011 | Healthy Living

RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 15 years have passed since David Kessler first worked to regulate the tobacco industry as a Food and Drug Administration co...

A Visit to My Kitchen: Dr. David Kessler, Author of The End of Overeating

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Maria Rodale

David A. Kessler, MD, served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Learning to Eat Less: How Understanding Your Brain Can Make You Healthier

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Darya Pino, Ph.D

To break the cycle of conditioned hypereating we must redirect our automatic response to the kinds of foods that cause us to overeat.

What's Wrong With Real Time with Bill Maher?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Marshall Fine

Here's what drives me crazy about Bill Maher and his Real Time show: The guy couldn't do an interesting interview if his life depended on it.

Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Janice Taylor

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

Why Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Irresistable?

nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

As head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David A. Kessler served two presidents and battled Congress and Big Tobacco. But the Harvard-educated...

Dr. David Kessler, author of The End of Overeating, On Why We Can't Stop Eating

Louise McCready Hart | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Louise McCready Hart

In The End of Overeating, Dr. Kessler explains how humans, much like Pavlov's dogs, become hardwired to anticipate foods with fat, sugar, and salt. So, how can we change the way we think about food?

Our Brains on Food & Other Tales of Modern Life

Moira Gunn | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Moira Gunn

Whether it's food or drugs or stress or being treated unfairly or even information overload, we need to figure out exactly what is driving us.