24, he brings his critique of America’s obsession with weight to the BU School of Public Health, where he will deliver the 2013 William J. The University of Colorado at Boulder law professor, who authored the controversial 2004 book The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health, has been a vocal critic of what he considers a self-defeating war on fat that has no basis in science and can have devastating consequences for women. “While the changes are small, for the first time in a generation, they are going in the right direction.”įor Paul Campos, concerns about obesity have been headed in the wrong direction for generations. “Although obesity remains epidemic, the tide has begun to turn for some kids in some states,” CDC Director Thomas Frieden said in heralding the news. This summer, there was much rejoicing in the public health community, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing obesity rates among preschoolers falling in many states for the first time in decades.
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