Saturday, March 15, 2014

Saturday Stories: Autism, Murder, and the Food Environment

Ron Suskind in the New York Times with an amazing story centred around his autistic son and Disney.

Andrew Solomon in the New Yorker exploring the agony of being the father of a ruthless killer.

David Sherman in the Ottawa Citizen with a rarity - a news piece that tackles the food environment as a cause of obesity rather than simply blame our supposed lack of willpower.

[And if you don't follow me on Twitter I was doing a bit of media this week. Some highlights include this Breakfast Television interview where I tried a lemon pepper cleanse and this segment on CTV's The Social where I think I might have made Jann Arden and the rest of the ladies a little bit sad by the end.]