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When Miller Lite convinced men that a less filling beer was still macho, it became clear that lower-calorie, healthier offerings made sense.… More »
Hank Cardello is the author of Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat. He is a former food executive with Coca-Cola, General Mills, and Cadbury-Schweppes and now serves as a visiting fellow with the Hudson Institute. Learn more about Hank and his book at www.stuffednation.com.
When Miller Lite convinced men that a less filling beer was still macho, it became clear that lower-calorie, healthier offerings made sense.… More »
At the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit, speakers argued that fighting obesity can be good for consumers and the bottom line… More »
A new report from the Hudson Institute finally proves that packaged food and beverage companies that sell better-for-you products enjoy greater sales increases and returns… More »
This week, the two companies adopted new tactics that could indicate a turning point in how the food industry fights fat… More »
The congressman's budget plan might not be a good way to tackle the federal deficit, but his approach could help solve one of our biggest public health problems… More »
Luring supermarkets to low-income communities is difficult—so why not bus low-income communities to the food?… More »
An expert cruises through supermarkets to see whether they really have started marketing more "better-for-you" foods… More »
A New York politician wants to ban Happy Meal-style fast food meals—but the measure wouldn't make us healthy… More »
The soda world is topsy-turvy: Diet Coke now outsells Pepsi. A former Coke marketer explains what this means.… More »
Three ways that American processed food manufacturers can avoid being toppled by hungry, angry consumers… More »
By pushing produce and healthier foods, Walmart's "cuddle capitalism" could slim us down and bloat the company's profits… More »
Proponents of candy bans shouldn't forget bathtub gin and speakeasies—the ancestors of today's junk-food black market… More »
A former food executive attends a meeting of the American Public Health Association and is reminded that CEOs and professors need to fight fat—not each other… More »
A former food industry executive argues that to slim down America, we have to turn food marketers into allies. Here's how.… More »
Targeting specific products won't promote public health. Instead, we should be capping total calories.… More »
An industry insider explains why the key to slimming America down isn't attacking food marketers. In fact, it's the reverse.… More »
If restaurants, grocers, and academics can't stop obesity, can we do it ourselves? The reasons people usually fail.… More »
Explaining the deadlock between the Retail Right (restaurants and grocers) and academia's Food Left… More »
Grocers worry most about day-to-day operations—and profit margins are razor-thin. Inside a pro-obesity mindset.… More »
This week in our obesity series: restaurants. They're day-to-day operators, not long-term planners. One big reason they've made us fat.… More »
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