Posted by Admin | 12:00 PM

In the 1970s, as the modern obesity epidemic was just getting started, investigators were searching for new animal models of diet-induced ob...

Labels: diet, Food reward, hyperphagia, overweight, Pima, superstimuli

Posted by Admin | 7:00 PM

In his epic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration , Dr. Weston Price documented the abnormal dental development and susceptibility to too...

Labels: archaeology, dental health, diet, diseases of civilization, genetics, Pima

Posted by Admin | 11:02 PM

I'm gearing up for a new series of posts based on some fascinating reading I've been doing lately. I'm not going to spill the b...

Labels: dental health, diet, disease, diseases of civilization, Pima

Posted by Admin | 1:19 PM

A few months ago, I published a post about the Pima Indians (Akimel O'odham) of Arizona. The Pima are one of the most heart-wrenching ...

Labels: diabetes, overweight, Pima

Posted by Admin | 10:33 PM

At 38% and climbing in 2006, the Pima indians (Akimel O'odham) of Arizona have the highest rate of diabetes of any population in the wor...

Labels: diabetes, diet, exercise, native diet, overweight, Pima

Posted by Admin | 10:30 PM

There is a lot of confusion surrounding the role of genetics in health. It seems like every day the media have a new story about gene X or ...

Labels: disease, genetics, Pima