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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Saturday Stories: Psychiatry, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Big Food

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Maia Svalavitz in Time Magazine with a brave and personal discussion of psychiatry's new diagn...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Guessing There's Not a Mom on Earth Who Wouldn't Want Their Husbands To Try This

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Giving birth. Or at least trying out a labour pain simulator. And that's today's Funny F...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

An Open Letter to All Science Bloggers, Tweeps and Facebookers

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Photo by Will Lyon, Via Flickr Dear Colleagues, That photo up above? That's the state of in...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Why This Pear Makes Me Wary of Food Frequency Questionnaires

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I'm skeptical of food frequency questionnaires. For those of you who don't know what they ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The American Board of Obesity Medicine Must Choose: Quackery or Quality?

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Since 2005 I have been a certified Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) - now...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Saturday Stories: Self-Obituary, Running and GMOs

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Canadian journalist/publisher icon Peter Worthington's self-penned obituary . Quite the life l...
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Friday, May 17, 2013

Is This the Future of "Child Size" Drinks at McDonald's?

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I do loves me Parks and Recreation. I had tried to put this clip up before but it was an unofficia...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Coca-Cola Never Ever Markets to Kids and Is Part of Obesity Solution iPhone Edition

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So yesterday I downloaded Santa's Helper - an iPhone game produced by Coca-Cola. Apple's a...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

State of Ohio Partners up with McDonald's and Coca-Cola to Promote Tourism.

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Thanks to fellow physician Dr. Tony Almazan from Dayton, Ohio for letting me know about how Tourism ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Coca-Cola's Newest Anti-Obesity Contributions Include Soccer Balls and Permission Marketing

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The inspired altruistic work of the Coca-Cola company continues! In case you're wondering what I...
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Yoni Freedhoff
Family doc, Assistant Prof. at the University of Ottawa, and founder of Ottawa's Bariatric Medical Institute - a multi-disciplinary, ethical, evidence-based nutrition and weight management centre. Nowadays I'm more likely to stop drugs than start them, and love going to work in the morning. You can also follow me on Twitter at YoniFreedhoff
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