Author Archives: Adrian Cameron

Does hunter-gatherer history point to the cause of obesity?

    Imagine this scene – a personal trainer barking at his flabby pen-pushing charges to push themselves through the pain barrier and climb those steps because “the human body wasn’t designed to sit at a computer all day”. It’s easy to imagine because of the common perception that the root cause of the current […]

Should breastfeeding mums worry about what others think?

World Breastfeeding Week was unfortunately marked this year by a focus on an off-the-cuff remark by Brazilian-American supermodel Gisele Bündchen that there should be a worldwide law forcing mothers to breastfeed their babies for six months. As ridiculous as the remark may seem, the supermodel’s desire to see other mothers breastfeed for up to six […]