2006
October: Anti-obesity vs. Fat Acceptance - Weighing Both Sides, Part Two
September: Anti-obesity vs. Fat Acceptance - Weighing Both Sides, Part One
August: Food Cravings: Starting to Unveil the Mystery
July: Evidence-based Medicine
June: Lack of sleep and weight gain
May: Loneliness and Blood Pressure: Health advantages of family and friends
April: Portion Distortion: Disparity between awareness and action
March: Just for the Health of It - Choosing Your Physical Activity Heroes
February: The Role of Gratitude in Health and Well-Being
January: Let Their Voices Be Heard - Connections2005
December: Let Their Voices Be Heard - Body Image
November: Let Their Voices Be Heard - Food and Eating
October: Let Their Voices Be Heard - Physical Activity
September: How Agriculture Policy Influences What Foods Are Developed
August: Boosting job performance with physical activity breaks
July: The Weight Gain Train: Too many accelerators, not enough brakes (British Medical Journal)
June: Orthorexia nervosa
May: The Glycemic Index vs. Mom’s Homemade Chicken and Noodles
April: The WHY behind the findings: Calcium/Weight Loss & Trans Fats/Heart Disease
March: Male body image and gender violence (Jackson Katz)
February: Why aren't people more active? (MSNBC article and Amercian Council on Exercise poll)
January: Whispered Words of Wisdom (Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes)2004
December: America’s Health: State Health Rankings — 2004
November: Americans and their health -- A little good news
October: Food advertising dollars: Do they influence consumer behavior?
September: The Obesity Myth (book by Paul Campos)
August: Accepting and Loving Your Body (U. of Kentucky Extension website)
July: Success Stories from the National Weight Control Registry
June: World Health Organization - Global Strategy
May: Nutrition guidance: Why is it always changing? And why can't we agree?
April: Positive body image - Insights from Lewistown, Montana
March: Inactivity of toddlers (The Lancet)
February: Student Academic Success Tied to Physical Fitness
January: Genetic/Environment Interactions and Obesity2003
December: Why promote size diversity acceptance?
November: Want to gain weight? Go on a diet!
October: "Body Mass Challenged"--One man's perspective (Washington Post article)
September: Body size portrayal and TV
August: From good health to great health (highlights from Good to Great)
July: The Shape We're In (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle article series)
June: Americans' Attitudes Toward Walking
May: Television and Women's Health
April: American College of Preventive Medicine: Stand on fad diets
March: Increases in Food Portion Sizes
February: The Science of Happiness
January: Thoughts to Kick Off Your New Year2002
December: McDonald’s Changes Fat, but Food Giant Still "Over-serves"
November: Big Fat Lies (Glenn Gaesser)
October: World perspective on obesity in the U.S. (USA Today)
September: "The Seductress of Vanity" (New York Times Magazine)
August: Lifestyle Physical Activities (Cooper Institute)
July: "Fixing a Fat Nation" -- article in The Washington Monthly
June: Celebration Chuckles
May: CDC: Obesity, Genetics, and Public Health
April: Beauty as a Relative Concept
March: Obesity from an Economic Perspective
February: Soar Like an Eagle or QBQ!
January: Walking Wellness
2001
December: 40 years of GI JoeTM
November: Health At Any Size: Implementing the concepts in a clinical setting
October: The joy of physical activity
September: Insights from Intuitive Eating
August: 100 Years of "Before" and "After" Pictures
July: Without Rain, There Would Be No Rainbows
June: Fat Lies About Ideal Weight
May: WIN Wyoming Tidbits
April: Totally irrational beliefs often held by humans
March: University of Maine graduate student research paper
February: Social connectedness and wellness
January: Weight and weighing: Stories and guidelines2000
December: Fitting Fitness In--Simple ideas!
November: Health at Every Size--Perspectives from North Dakota
October: Adolescent obesity from Lillian Fountain Smith Conference
September: Some of Betty's Favorite Sayings
August: Eating disorders and teen males--article in Good Housekeeping
July: New Dietary Guidelines: Focus on physical activity
June: Energy expenditure comparisons from Dr. Steven Blair's presentation at the 4/00 Shaping a Health Future conference in Jackson
May: March 2000 JAMA article on Miss America as an undernourished role model
April: Women Afraid to Eat (con'd from March 2000)
March: Women Afraid to Eat: Breaking Free in Today's Weight-Obsessed World
February: Dietary Guidelines from around the world: The importance of food
January: "Mindful eating" from the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Denver Post1999
December: Quotes from a July 1999 article in Fitness magazine, "Can you be fit and fat?"
November: Ellen Goodman article on Detrimental Effects of TV on Fiji Islanders
October: Information from CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Web site
September: Quotes from 1997 University of Minnesota workshop on childhood obesity
August: Comments from participants in "Size It Up!" presentations by Betty Holmes
July: Alternative viewpoint on NIH's Clinical Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity in Adults
June: Society for Nutrition Education's Division of Nutrition and Weight Realities Spring 1999 newsletter
May: Physical activity article from February 1999 issue of Journal of The American Dietetic Association
April: When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies
March: "Fat," a Frontline PBS program
February: "The Barbie Fantasy"
January: "Fat," a Frontline PBS program1998
December: When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair
November: October 1998 article in Journal of The American Dietetic Association
October: July/August 1998 article in Nutrition Action Health Letter
* Betty Holmes, MS, RD, Senior University Extension Educator (ret.), University of Wyoming, compiled WIN Wyoming's thought bullets on a monthly basis from 10/1998 through 10/2006. If you have comments, Betty would welcome hearing from you (bholmes@uwyo.edu).