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Spotlight on the New Health Commissioner Thomas Farley
by Mark Foggin, Public Sector Strategy Consultant and Freelance Writer
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, became commissioner of the New York City Department of Health in May. It was not his first stint at DOH. He spent nearly two years advising then-commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden in 2007 and 2008. Dr. Farley was also chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has conducted research and published articles on a wide range of topics, including obesity. Dr. Farley also coauthored, with RAND Senior Scientist Deborah Cohen, Prescription for a Healthy Nation (Beacon Press), which describes the logical and business aspects of Americans’ access to unhealthy food.
Dr. Thomas Farley: If you look at the leading causes of death in New York City—heart disease, cancer, diabetes—many are tied to how we eat. Probably the Number One behavior that affects our health is smoking. But Number Two is getting people to eat healthy foods.
Is Calorie Label Missing the Mark in NYC?
Posted October 8th, 2009 by Mark FogginThis week, the NY Times reported on a study by NYU and Yale that suggests that New York's fast food calorie labeling requirement may not be changing many consumers' ordering and eating behavior. Confoundingly, the Times reports:
