childhood obesity

In the 2000s, Jamie Oliver made a big splash with his work reforming kids’ meals in the UK and US. Was his work wicked slammin’, or just proper rustic?

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• BBC Profile - Jamie Oliver
• Jamie Oliver Puts America's Diet on a Diet
• All The Times Jamie Oliver Made Everyone Angry
• Unpacking School Lunch: Understanding the Hidden Politics of School Food
• A brief history of school meals in the UK
• Turkey Twizzlers: A Complete History
• Marcus Rashford Is Fighting the Government on Free School Meals. He’s Also Fighting Jamie Oliver’s Legacy
• Has Jamie Bitten off More Than He Can Chew?
• Jamie Oliver, you haven’t tasted real poverty
• Jamie Oliver’s campaign against childhood obesity has classist undertones
• Jamie’s jerk rice is a recipe for disaster

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Last fall, Alexandra Duarte, who is now 16, went to see her endocrinologist at Texas Children’s Hospital, outside Houston. From age 10, she had been living with polycystic ovary syndrome and, more recently, prediabetes. After Alexandra described her recent quinceañera, the doctor brought up an operation that might benefit her, one that might help her lose weight and, as a result, improve these obesity-related problems.

Alexandra, who smiles shyly and speaks softly but confidently, says she was “a little skeptical at first because, like, it’s a surgery.” But her mother, Gabriela Velez, suggested that her daughter consider it. “Ever since I was a toddler, my mom knew that I was struggling with obesity,” Alexandra says.

The teasing started in fifth grade. Alexandra couldn’t eat without her classmates staring at and judging her. Though she sought counseling for her sadness and anxiety, these troubles still caused her to leave school for a month. The bullying finally stopped after she switched schools in 10th grade, but Alexandra’s parents knew how deeply she continued to suffer. How much more could their daughter endure? After the doctor suggested bariatric surgery, an operation on the gastrointestinal tract that helps patients lose weight, they spoke to friends who had successfully been through the procedure as adults. They decided it was a smart option for her. Alexandra wasn’t sure.

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Defence secretary Ben Wallace has been one of the stalwarts of this government at a time when many cabinet positions have been musical chairs. But last weekend he suddenly announced he was quitting front line politics. In his first interview since the news broke - he tells Jon why and confirms he's heard rumours of a cabinet reshuffle in the coming days.

Later we hear from Jamie Oliver who has been fighting to make Britain’s kids healthier for almost twenty years. Who could forget the infamous turkey twizzler episode - and backlash - as the chef-turned-food campaigner took on the stodgy school dinner.

Today he’s back with a vengeance telling The News Agents Keir Starmer needs to provide free school means for 800,000 children on universal credit - and warning that his refusal to overturn the two child benefit cap will push thousands more into food poverty.

The political engagement of religious and non religious groups, critical drug shortages in several categories, and childhood obesity around the world. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

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Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new set of guidelines for "childhood obesity." We have some comments.

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• The 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines 
• The 2007 guidelines 
• Pros and cons of bariatric surgery in adolescents 
• Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents 
• Semaglutide treatment for obesity in teenagers: a plain language summary of the STEP TEENS research study 
• Patients’ views of long-term results of bariatric surgery for super-obesity: sustained effects, but continuing struggles 
• Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery 
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery 

President Biden meets with Mexico’s president and visits a cleaned up border, China’s influence in U.S. universities causes concern, and the American academy of pediatrics recommends aggressive treatment options for Childhood obesity. Get the facts first on Morning Wire. 

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How America's oldest fat camp — and the inspiration for Disney’s "Heavyweights" — became the symbol of a health intervention that enjoys worldwide popularity despite no evidence that it improves anyone's health.

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• The Epic Family Feud Behind an Iconic American Weight-Loss Camp for Kids
• Two teenagers placed in foster care after weight loss plan fails
• Calls to set up fat camps for obese children in Scotland
• Childhood obesity: are new treatment centres the solution?Weight-loss Camps and Their Effect on Childhood Obesity 
• Psychosocial outcomes in a weight loss camp for overweight youth
• Inside Britain’s First Ever Residential “Fat Camp” 
• Working at Camp Shane: Employee Reviews
• Missing campers, falsified documents and other issues revealed in CT weight-loss camp investigation
• Kids Weight Loss Camp That Closed Has History of Violations
• Weighty Problems by Laura Backstrom
• The Actually Terrible Things that Happen at Fat Camp

Today on the Matt Walsh Show the pro-abortion, leftist death cult continues to meltdown in spasms of demonic rage over the Texas abortion law. We'll talk about that. Also, a new report says that half of the nation's children are overweight or obese. I wonder if keeping them cooped up inside for a year and a half could have something to do with that? And the Bachelor contestant canceled a few months ago for going to an old south themed frat party has hit the interview circuit for her apology tour and it's incredibly embarrassing to watch as you might expect. Plus, fast food restaurants are so desperate for workers that they're now advertising openings for 14 and 15 year olds. Some people are upset about this, apparently, but I think it's a good thing. 

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This week we're diving into one of the biggest-ever scandals in nutrition research. For nearly two decades, Brian Wansink's Food and Brand Lab told Americans that lower weights, healthier workplaces and better school lunches were just a few small tweaks away. Then, in 2015, he wrote a blog post and it all came crashing down. 

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• A Credibility Crisis in Food Science
• Statistical heartburn: An attempt to digest four pizza publications from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab
• Brian Wansink: Data Masseur, Media Villain, Emblem of a Thornier Problem
• The Wansink Dossier: An Overview
• More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up
• Here’s How Cornell Scientist Brian Wansink Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies About How We Eat
• False-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant
• Death of a Veggie Salesman
• The Strange, Uplifting Tale of “Joy of Cooking” Versus the Food Scientist
• Moms, “Food Fears” and the Power of the Internet
• The science behind Smarter Lunchrooms
• You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition
• Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing
• Scientific method: Statistical errors
• Effect of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act on the Nutritional Quality of Meals Selected by Students and School Lunch Participation Rates
• 9.67 Degrees of Deception

Freakonomics asks a dozen smart people for their best ideas. Get ready for a fat tax, a sugar ban, and a calorie-chomping tapeworm.

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