Tossing Out the Diet and Embracing the Fat

By MANDY KATZ

Published: July 16, 2009

A loose alliance of therapists, scientists and others explore whether ignoring dieting will make weight go away.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/health/nutrition/16skin.html

To Eat Well, Be Instinctive

By MANDY KATZ

Published: July 16, 2009

We all knew how to eat intuitively once: Infants don’t binge or starve themselves, and presumably, cavemen didn’t either. But instincts become twisted in an environment where you can hold a Twinkie in one hand and the remote in the other, surrounded by images of skinny starlets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/health/nutrition/16skinside.html

Calorie Disclosures Fail to Weigh Whole Enchilada

Laws Requiring Restaurants to Post Nutritional Data Lean on Slim Research, Overlook 'Compensation' Meals

JULY 8, 2009
Joey Chestnut likely wasn't counting calories when he wolfed down a record 68 hot dogs at Saturday's annual eating contest in Nathan's Famous in Coney Island. But thanks to a new law requiring New York City restaurants to post nutritional information, it's easy to calculate that Mr. Chestnut's meal amounted to nearly 20,200 calories, or 297 per frankfurter.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124700756153408321.html#

Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer

By NICHOLAS WADE

Published: July 10, 2009

A study of monkeys suggests that people could in principle extend their life span by following a calorie-restricted diet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/science/10aging.html