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Some sporting good junk… | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. July 12, 2012. Some sporting good junk…. The good folk at TV 3 News brought us this feel-good story. Turns out, as part of the annual Dunedin Chocolate Carnival. A chocolate sculpture artist (the cocoa and milk version of The Toastman. Has created a chocolate Wall of Fame, featuring chocolate likenesses of kiwi Olympians. Featuring, among others, swimming champ/ballroom dancer Danyon Loader. And what looks like Mark Todd. The move urges the International Olympic ...

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Taking the Mickey out of junk food- and fat kids? | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. June 27, 2012. Taking the Mickey out of junk food- and fat kids? 8220;No dessert for me, Minnie! I’m watching my waistline! It appears that our beloved Disney has jumped aboard the anti-obesity train. Following on from NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s large soda clampdown. And others has shown that the increased advertising of non-nutritious food can be linked with increasing rates of childhood obesity. From 5 June tells us more. By the looks of things, Disney&#8217...

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Baby, it’s toxic inside… | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. August 2, 2012. Baby, it’s toxic inside…. We talked about the Victoria State Government removing obese children from their families. Now, it appears that the Western Australia Government has invited itself to the anti-obesity party, with the launch of this advertising campaign. Supported by the Heart Foundation and the Cancer Council. As this ABC news broadcast. However, ABC also interviewed Professor Amanda Sainsbury-Salis, an expert on obesity at Sydney Univers...

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Of talkshows, fat presidents and elephants in the room | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. January 22, 2013. Of talkshows, fat presidents and elephants in the room. I can’t quite believe I am making reference to Barbara Walters. On this blog. But, it is related to the goverment theme, so bear with me. Ms Walters recently interviewed New Jersey Governor and Republican presdential hopeful Chris Christie. On her show “Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People”. Their conversation went something like this:. More than a little. Since 2011, when Governor C...

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I’m Erin, I’m a foodaholic. Hi, Erin. | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. October 3, 2012. I’m Erin, I’m a foodaholic. Hi, Erin. Appeared on the front page of. It’s an interesting one. In the article, the Director of the National Addiction Centre. States that “food addiction” (otherwise known as Compulsive Overeating. Needs to be recognised in New Zealand as a medical condition, and that over a third of kiwis could be addicted to food – but receive no support or Government funding. Says Prof Doug Sellman in the article:. As far as food...

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Free fruit for all? | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. January 21, 2013. Free fruit for all? In my last post. I mentioned the Voxy article, which had found that 19% of children from deprived New Zealand communities were obese, compared with only 3% of those in wealthier neighbourhoods. At that time tomatoes cost $13.25 per kg, and lettuce was $9.40 per kg. Last year, according to Statistics New Zealand’s Food Price Index. Who, along with her PAG colleagues, had a dream of planting fruit tress in the Taiaroa St Play a...

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Out of the frying pan…into the foster care fire | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. July 23, 2012. Out of the frying pan…into the foster care fire. Most days, I enjoy keeping this blog- weight is a touchy subject and one close to my probably coronary-prone heart, but blogging about it keeps me on my tip-toes and out of trouble. On other days, however, it’s just depressing. A couple of Fridays ago, when an article from the Australian news site. Appeared as one of my Google alerts. And it is predicted there will be more cases to come. As it turns ...

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It’s not the Coke…it’s how we’re drinking the Coke… | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. January 23, 2013. It’s not the Coke…it’s how we’re drinking the Coke…. They say that when America sneezes, the world gets a cold. Well, it certainly appears as though New Zealand has caught America’s raging anti-obesity influenza. The other day. It appears that Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand. May be adopting anti-obesity television advertisments, similar to those broacast by Coca-Cola in the US. The. Ran a similar article. The Herald article reads:. 8220;It’s...

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Smoking vs Obesity! Who’ll take out the championship?! | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. January 15, 2013. Who’ll take out the championship? 8220;Oh well. At least I’m not fat. Happy New Year, good readers. My apologies for a severe dearth of posts of late – last term at school was nothing if not frantically busy. Hoping to post a bit more regularly over the next few weeks. For my first post of 2013, I will be discussing this piece. She does not mention the 3250 New Zealanders who die every year from being fat, or the 1500 who perish from a lack of v...

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Promotions (or lack thereof) and babies (fat ones) | The Body Police

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Tracking Government Responses To Obesity. October 22, 2012. Promotions (or lack thereof) and babies (fat ones). Hello again. My apologies for having sorely neglected The Body Police over the last couple of weeks. Have had my hands full with exposing rape culture at Victoria University. And trying to crack shorthand at 60wpm. One of those has been slightly more successful than the other. Appeared on Stuff.co.nz on 6 October. It mentions German research published in the BMC Public Health Journal. 1) The su...