California and Dubai Hate Fat, Naked People
Following the lead of the monumentally less healthy—but getting there—New York City, the state of California is moving to ban killer trans fats from restaurants, in the hopes that weaning people from the deadly ingredient will help save tens of thousands of lives, and stop the spread of fatness, as is cheerfully reported in the blog Vegan.com. This comes on a day heavy with diet news. Exercise, it was reported in WebMD, may slow the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. No kidding—exercise really is good for you!
Relatedly, Dubai, the super-wealthy Muslim city-state, is banning nudity from its beaches in the wake of an influx of morally casual European tourists. But it makes you wonder: if tourists were less fat, would they really want to ban nakedness? Here is what obesity expert George Blackburn has to say about the science of weight loss. Listen, and you could start to look good naked, and experience greater acceptance in California and Dubai.
