You want to tell someone “You should lose weight.” What should you say?

You want to tell someone “You should lose weight.” What should you say?

Your friend, adult child, parent, brother or sister is overweight or obese, perhaps unhealthily so. You want to help. So you decide you will tell them they should lose weight. This is a very dumb idea. Let’s think it through. They know Remember, we are talking about adults here. Every adult in our society is…

Some better questions for Goop’s Gwyneth Paltrow
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Some better questions for Goop’s Gwyneth Paltrow

The New York Times interviewed Gwyneth Paltrow, CEO of the $250 million wellness site Goop. She’s a charlatan selling snake oil, but the Times can’t decide whether to call her on it or be nice. I can. So I wrote my own interview questions. David Gelles’s interview for the “Corner Office” column highlights CEOs. Because…

The long ride

The long ride

I like cycling long distances. Right now I’m planning an 84-mile ride from Arlington, the suburb of Boston where I live, to Falmouth, Cape Cod on July 3. This ride, my bicycle, my body, my mind, and my health are all intimately connected. And when you get to the end of this post, you’ll see how they connect with you,…