Jamie Oliver on Food

Jamie Oliver's talk on TED about food

Is junk Food Cheaper?

Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

Difficulty of losing weight

Obesity and the difficulty of losing weight.

Bill Clinton's life as a vegan

Bill Clinton's life as a vegan

Tackling Obesity amidst poverty

Tackling obesity amidst poverty in America

The French are getting fatter too

As America Struggles with obesity, it may find itslef shocked that France is too

Tax the Fat

Why not tax fat people in America if they drive up health costs?

Jamie Oliver wants to teach children to eat better

Jamie Oliver is an english chef that is trying to create what he calls a "food revolution". In his twenty minute talk with TED.com he explains why he is on a mission, because obesity kills people and costs the US $150 Billion a year in health care costs. He has a website and a television show. He also mentions that if the obesity epidemic continues that children today will have a shorter lifespan than the generation before them.

Diabetes Rate has More than Doubled since 1980

A new article published in the Lancet shows that diabetes has more than doubled since 1980s.

Chef Ann Cooper: Renegade Lunch Lady

Lunch lady Ann Cooper is trying to bring healthy meals to her students in Harlem. With the obesity epidemic affecting our nation's children, we should be trying to put healthier food in our schools, and ultimately our children's stomachs.

GOP questions rules on Healthier Meals

GOP questions Obama's plan for healthier meals

Fix Health Care, address obesity

The director of the Cleveland clinic says in a video interview, if you want to get serious about health care then you have to address obesity

Battling Obesity in Mississippi

Battling Obesity in Mississippi

An Excerpt

"And half the battle, he says, is just getting people to own up to the fact that their weight is the problem....That's the way local fry-cook Gracie Williams sees it. She's a diabetic and considers that she is doing pretty well because she hasn't gained any weight in five years. She's stayed a steady 265 pounds on a 5-foot-5 frame.

"To me overweight is when you're going past 300-something and you're having a hard time walking and breathing, that's when you're overweight," she says.