well shut my mouth Researchers' new weight loss device is basically a lock on your mouth David Pescovitz

rcan1 Mice given an experimental gene therapy don't get fat, regardless of caloric intake Cory Doctorow

the rich are different from you and me The rich-poor obesity gap in kids is widening Cory Doctorow

bias Americans perceive overweight Asian people as 'less foreign' than skinny Asians Cory Doctorow

Chili's Ultimate Smokehouse Combo A list of the most deadly calorie bombs for sale at America's chain restaurants Cory Doctorow

microbiomes Gastric bypass surgery radically improves subjects' gut biomes Cory Doctorow

cold pressed fresh woo Juice is basically sugar-water Cory Doctorow

marching powder Sugar taxes reduce soda consumption Cory Doctorow

have your cake and eat it too Artificial sweeteners be damned; these naturally occurring, safe proteins are thousands of times sweeter than sugar Cory Doctorow

bird flu A virus first found in chickens is implicated in human obesity Cory Doctorow

black waters of american imperialism Coca-Cola is paying dietitians to tweet scare-stories about soda taxes Cory Doctorow

obesity Meet 2 real-life guys behind Donald Trump's "400 pound hacker" stereotype Xeni Jardin

obesity Here's a device that drains food from your stomach, via a tube, to the toilet Mark Frauenfelder