Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me

“You train these kids at young ages to think in these terms around weight loss and diet, and then of course, from a business perspective, that would be something you’d anticipate they would continue to do in the future. Children dieting when they’re 8 or 9 are probably going to diet when they’re 15 and 25 and 35 and then make their kids diet.” The Atlantic: Weight Watchers has a new app for children as young as 8. It might be better for the company than it is for pediatric health. (Three words I will never associate with children’s health: “Download This App.”

+ “Twenty thousand papers later, researchers are still debating whether the fatty acid is all it’s cracked up to be.” The Fishy Science of Omega-3s.