#obseity

How should we teach our kids to use digital media?

Any time a new technology is introduced, it disrupts values, routines and behaviors.  Kids are growing up with the expectation of auto-playing streaming videos and having access to our phones when we need them to be quiet.

We doctors used to urge parents to discourage media use under age two, and to limit kids’ use to two hours a day, at most.

In our day-to-day experiences with families in…

End of the Joke — Discover

  I’ve had so many moments where I’m engaging in media, when *BAM* there’s a fat joke or diss. It feels like the cartoon equivalent of getting hit in the head with a frying pan. It reminds me *pang* that I am the invisible consumer of this media who is being shamed *pang*, that I’m not the imagined thin consumer *pang*, that I don’t belong here *pang*, that I’m the joke rather than the reader.

I’…

Spoof Ads Mock ‘Share a Coke,’ Helps Save Lives in the Process

Coca-Cola’s latest marketing campaign seems to feed off many young people’s narcissistic need to be recognized by corporations, which is in and of itself troublesome. Add to that the very real health — and even deadly — consequences that come with drinking Coke (and any other soda), and you have a campaign begging for a response.

In the spirit of Adbusters, these spoof ads, and others like them, are challenging Coca-Cola’s targeting of teens, and forcing all of us to question our own food choices.

With globalization, modern diseases like diabetes and obesity have become a big problem for Mexicans (on both sides) of the border.

Fortunately, the antidote lies within: traditional food and culture. The Decolonize Your Diet movement is strong and growing everyday. For the sake of your health and that of our community’s, we recommend you check it out!