£275m anti-obesity UK 'lifestyle revolution'

The British Government is to launch a £275m campaign to halt the country's growing obesity problem that according to some predictions will see 90% of todays children being overweight or obese by 2050. The new ad...

Shock tactics in anti-obesity drive

With fatness seen as a vanity problem rather than a health problem new research shows many people are not picking up the message that energy-dense foods such as burgers, chips, cakes and other fatty and sweet...

Art Sites Go Mainstream: Is the Media Noticing?

I've noticed a trend in the last few years involving art sites. First, many art sites are starting to take the social networking route. Second, many are meshing with the mainstream art world. Charles Saatchi broke the mold for this new direction with his site for...

I Like Ur Art: Saatchi Creates an Online Hangout for Artists

Julie Ann Travis , 23, a graduate student at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, is curious to see what her peers are up to and to share some of her latest work. So recently she posted a self-portrait in which her head is buried in a pile of dirt at...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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