Over the last 18 months I’ve come to realize a fundamental truth holding us back from making greater progress toward a healthy food system: we’re fighting each other instead of the food industry. An extension of its personal-choice propaganda, the food industry is exceptional at deflecting responsibility and convincing us we’re the ones to blame for the current state of public health. Instead of taking an iota of responsibility for the stores full of junk food, lunch trays p

Last week, we had the great privilege of interviewing Dr. Blake Shusterman, a board-certified nephrologist at Carolina Nephrology in...

Just in case anyone missed this news, 2 weeks ago, this report on childhood obesity came out. Spoiler alert: it's not looking good. And...

How far would you go to prevent your child from dying 14 years prematurely? Would you jump in front of a bullet? Lift a car? What about...

I used to resent the tired trope of an informed or protective mother being called a mama-bear. For one, the desire to protect, nurture,...