Talk:Gary Taubes

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Contents 1 Opinion 2 Removing "Controversial" 3 Links 4 UK edition

[edit] Opinion

I'm removing the phrase

"something you are not likely to hear from your doctor"

because it is an opinion. Mambo5king 18:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing "Controversial"

I am removing the word "controversial" from this sentence: Taubes is known for his controversial 2002 New York Times Magazine article What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie? which questioned the efficacy and health benefits of low-fat diets and was seen as defending the Atkins diet against the medical establishment.

In my opinion, that word is such a cop-out. Who thinks it is controversial? Who are we quoting? Is that opinion or fact?—Preceding unsigned comment added by DougRisk (talk • contribs) 17:22, December 9, 2007

In Wikipedia articles, footnotes are designed to answer exactly these questions. Apparently you were not familiar with this concept or overlooked the footnote given for that statement when you removed part of it and wrote the above complaint: Here the article is called "controversial" right in the sub-heading (Martha Henry, program coordinator for the Knight Fellowships, interviews Gary Taubes about his controversial article.)

And further down, Taubes himself agrees and emphasizes that it was very controversial:

HENRY: Did the reaction to your NYT Magazine story surprise you?

TAUBES: Yes. Even though I knew the article would be the most controversial article the Times Magazine ran all year, it still shocked me. ...

Regards, High on a tree (talk) 02:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Links

It would be nice if links were added to the article to existing online streaming video of Gary Taubes. These include classroom lectures and TV interviews. They can be found on Google video, YouTube, and other sources. There is also a radio interview online from the CBC.69.110.0.187 (talk) 06:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UK edition

Does anyone know if the UK title "The Diet Delusion" (ISBN 0-09-189141-8) is "Good Calories, Bad Calories" under a different name, or something else? Whichever, it seems to me some mention should be made of it. Paul Magnussen (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't find the listing but I think that was the old name for the book while it was being written. Frankg (talk) 22:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)