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Monday, 16 March 2015

Last week's news

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I wrote a couple of posts for the IEA last week on some topics you might be interested in. I forgot to mention them here at the time. Firs...
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Sunday, 15 March 2015

James Enstrom wins

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When I was in Australia last year, I cited John Snow , Katherine Flegal , James Enstrom and the authors of the 'Australian paradox'...
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Friday, 13 March 2015

2040 vision

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  "There will be no more smoking!" 1916 Lucy Page Gaston of the Anti-Cigarette League launches the slogan 'A smokeless...
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Thursday, 12 March 2015

Denying the slippery slope while greasing the slippery slope

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Marion Nestle, an American food activist, has written a very badly thought out article for New Scientist which denies the existence of a...
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The fizzy drink tax racket

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From The Guardian : A sugary drinks tax could save the NHS up to £300m over 20 years, according to campaigners, who say costs would be...
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Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Jumping on the sugar bandwagon

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This had to happen. Stanton Glantz has jumped on the anti-sugar bandwagon with an article that is so bad it made me laugh out loud a couple...
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Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Couch potatoes and hunter-gatherers

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Further to Aseem Malhotra's absurd claims about obesity not being linked to physical activity, here he is at a recent conference last ...
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Christopher Snowdon
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Writer and researcher at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Blogging in a personal capacity. Author of Polemics (2020), Killjoys (2017), Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism (2015), The Art of Suppression (2011), The Spirit Level Delusion (2010) and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009).
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