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Is sitting worse than smoking?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Yet another report says that staying seated for hours on end is dangerous. Maybe it's time we take a stand
Universal dental coverage in America?
June Thomas
It's less of a pipe dream than you might think. A new program could bring affordable care to the poor
America’s favorite joke is anything but funny
Alexandra Bradner
MTV's "Buckwild" joins a long tradition of skewering "hillbillies"
“Entitlement reform” is a hoax
Robert Reich
No, Social Security won’t contribute to future budget deficits
Poll: Obesity’s a crisis, but we want our junk food
Lauren Neergaard
Americans split on how much the government should do to promote healthy eating
Contemporary literature’s obesity epidemic
Hannah Rosefield
Novels like Michael Kimball's "Big Ray" reveal that corpulence has become a go-to metaphor for emotional unrest
2012: The year we all got high
Alex Seitz-Wald
2012 was a "watershed" year for marijuana reform -- and not just in Washington and Colorado
Prostitution for the price of a happy meal
Emily Wang
Why food-stamp bans are perpetuating risky behaviors among America’s most vulnerable
Let’s talk about dying
Lillian B. Rubin
At 88 and ailing, I refuse to live at any cost. I only hope that when the time comes, I'll have the courage to act
Does America hate its children?
Robert Reich
From gun violence to poor health care coverage, we allow corporate interests to systematically abuse our youth
Sotomayor flushed quaaludes on wedding night
Mark Sherman
The Supreme Court justice's new memoir contains a very strange detail about her marriage celebration
“The Mindy Project”: Mindy’s got a beef with midwives
Willa Paskin
"30 Rock" and "Parks and Rec" send up health trends from the perspective of a zany liberal. "Mindy's" just nasty
“We’ve become a food culture”
Sophie Roell
Food critic Ruth Reichl explains how immigrants made -- and continue to transform -- American cuisine
Texas lawmaker seeks to reverse Planned Parenthood ban
Mary Tuma
A new House bill takes at aim at a controversial rule banning abortion affiliates from participating in Medicaid
Edward Gorey’s not as macabre as you think
Jillian Steinhauer
Sure, his fiction accepts the terrible as inevitable, but it also offers its fair share of redemption
Why the “war on fat” is a scam to peddle drugs
Paul F. Campos
A new study finds no evidence that losing weight is good for your health. That's bad news for Big Pharma
Can a condiment save us from strokes?
Kevin Charles Redmon
Studies show they're on the rise among young Americans. The answer may be fewer whoppers and more ketchup
Duran Duran’s John Taylor: “I was driven to my knees!”
Curt Smith
Duran Duran's John Taylor and Tears for Fears' Curt Smith talk rock excess, growing up and Taylor's new memoir
Arsenic: It’s what’s for dinner
Jill Richardson
The government is perversely protecting the industries that release the killer chemical into society
Is an anchorwoman’s weight our business?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A viewer harshly criticizes Jennifer Livingston for being heavy. And she fired back
“Workaholism” is real
Chris Wright
Many view it as a virtue, or even a joke, but a spate of recent studies suggest it should be taken seriously
I hope my dogs die soon
Erin Auerbach
My pets have long been the center of my world. As my two pugs struggle, I wonder: How much longer can this go on?
R.I.P. American veterans halls
Chris Pomorski
Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs are emptying at an alarming rate. Where did the lobby go wrong?
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