http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/daniel-hoy/ Editor of the Herald Sun’s Feeling Great. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-sugarcoat-it-if-your-child-is-obese-its-your-fault/ A storm of controversy has been brewing in the US. Actually, it’s probably more accurate to say the storm has been dipped in oil and deep fried.  Twice. At the centre of the controversy is a series of ads aimed at tackling the growing obesity crisis in American children. In one of the ads (above) a young girl stares forlornly into the camera and says: “I don’t like going to school because all the other kids pick on me. It hurts my feelings.” Another opens with the statistic that 75 per cent of parents of overweight children ignore the problem growing before their very eyes. It’s followed by a scene in which an obese boy sits facing his equally obese mother and asks, “Mum, why am I fat?”. The silence that follows his question is deafening. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Daniel Hoy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-sugarcoat-it-if-your-child-is-obese-its-your-fault/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/dont-sugarcoat-it-if-your-child-is-obese-its-your-fault/#item7492 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:55:02 +0000 Daniel Hoy | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/share-the-road-safely-with-those-lycra-clad-clowns/ Cadel Evans’ heroic performance at the Tour de France is being celebrated around Australia, as it should. I’ve been watching the Tour for a long time, and it’s the best individual sporting performance I’ve ever seen. Over the past three weeks, between the wee hours of 10pm and 2am, Evans has bought together the previously estranged cycling fans and those who have never ridden a bike to jointly applaud his guts and determination, his enormous heart and never-say-die attitude. All qualities we Aussies love and admire in our sports heroes. The response has been wholly positive. Almost. Despite Evans’ epic win, some media commentators have still felt the need to roll out the tired “well, I guess this means we have to put up with more lycra-clad clowns on the roads” line. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Daniel Hoy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/share-the-road-safely-with-those-lycra-clad-clowns/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/share-the-road-safely-with-those-lycra-clad-clowns/#item6387 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:45:00 +0000 Daniel Hoy | Author bios | The Punch