Anahad O'Connor

Anahad O'Connor appears in the following:

How the Food Industry is Influencing Your TikTok Feed

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

And the long history of food and beverage lobbies attempting to influence our eating habits. 

Is Milk Cancelled?

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

America's largest dairy company recently filed for bankruptcy. Find out what this means for you.

Understanding How The Media Reports on Health and Nutrition

Friday, November 13, 2015

For Please Explain, we discuss how the media covers nutrition, and what you need to know when reading health and nutrition reporting, with New York Times reporter Anahad O’Connor.

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Please Explain: Medical Myths and Wives' Tales

Friday, October 28, 2011

Anahad O’Connor, columnist for the New York Times Well blog and author of Always Follow the Elephants and Never Shower in a Thunderstorm, and Dr. Rachel Vreeman, co-author of Don’t Swallow Your Gum and Don’t Cross Your Eyes...They'll Get Stuck That Way, and assistant professor of pediatrics at Indiana University, and talk about medical myths and wives tales—adages like “starve a fever, feed a cold” and that caffeine will stunt your growth. They’ll explain where they came from and why they persist and they’ll, as well as which are right and which are wrong.

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Swine Flu Outbreak

Monday, April 27, 2009

Anahad O'Connor, New York Times metro reporter, reports on New York's response to the swine flu outbreak and Ambassador Rubén Beltrán, Consul General of Mexico in New York, gives the latest on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and what the government there is doing in response.

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