Roundup: Don’t forget the Food Bank … Modern obesity epidemic began in ’50s, says nutrition expert

Donations high: The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank has enjoyed high donation rates through the Christmas season, but donations usually drop off after the holidays are over. Don’t forget that many Baton Rouge families are hungry throughout the year—donate by visiting brfoodbank.org. A history of trouble: Melinda Sothern, a leading fitness and nutrition expert at LSU, has a theory that the tide of obesity sweeping the nation in the past two decades is rooted in what young mothers did—or didn’t do—in the postwar, suburban-sprouting 1950s, The Los Angeles Times reports. If she’s right—evidence is stacking up on her side—reproductive-age women may become the central focus of efforts to reverse America’s fat problem. The obesity epidemic has multiple causes, Sothern acknowledges. Read the full article here.