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Inequality, Health Disparities, & Obesity

Posted in anthropology, DOHaD, Fetal origins, Health Disparities, Human biology, Life expectancy, Life History Theory, Nutrition, Obesity, Population Health, Poverty, Stress on November 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »

An October poll of 1,000 likely voters found that Americans are increasingly concerned about income inequality. When asked: “How Big a Problem is Income Inequality in the US?,” the majority (74%) replied that it was either a big problem or somewhat of a problem. Predictably, there were differences in opinion by political ideology, but a [...]

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Choice, Obesity & the Irrational Ape (Homo insensatus)

Posted in Biocultural, Evolution, Homosexuality, Nature and nurture, Obesity, Poverty, Psychology, Social Networks, Socioeconomic status on October 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.” ……………………………………………………………………………………. – Albert Einstein … Jonah Lehrer has written another great piece about our irrationality in decision making, and our emotional responses to avoiding loss. He writes: [...]

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Inequality, Evolution & Obesity

Posted in Biocultural, Evolution, Fetal origins, Global Health, Human growth, Nutrition, Obesity, Poverty, Socioeconomic status, tagged Evolution, Obesity on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A recent study on child obesity by researchers at Harvard has received a good deal of media attention lately. In the NY Times, a synopsis of the study was one of the most emailed articles in the country (“Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute After All,” March 22). The key sentence from that article: [...]

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