Today's Funny Friday is a commercial for The Iron Gym. Just $29.95. If you want to see the official commerical head over to the product...

Denmark being trans-fat free and all. Somehow that entire country has found the means to make their cookies and danishes (are they called da...

So when Dr. Brian Cook did in fact give his talk in Ottawa at the Centre for Science in the Public Interest's recent conference the medi...

In 1847, the English Parliament passed the "Infant Relief Act" which was meant to, " protect children from, "from their ...

It's that time of year again, and this year the Canadian Blog Awards has added a Best Health Blog category and that's where Weighty ...

The tagline reads, " Small Hands Hold Surprisingly Big Bucks! " and it's an ad encouraging you to spend your advertising dolla...

The Onion News Network strikes again! Today for Funny Fridays is ONN International correspondent Poyuan Wei. Have a great weekend!

Hoodia, a cactus that grows in the Kalahari desert that was catapulted to fame by 60 minutes in 2004 as a potential weight loss aid and now...

Long term readers of my blog may recall a post from June when I detailed an exciting abstract presentation from a team of east coast resear...

I don't know how I missed this story . If you're an obese worker in Alabama who hasn't signed up for a free health screening wit...

I'm beginning to love the Onion News Network. Today for Funny Friday is ONN's coverage of a Youtube press conference where Youtube o...

So yesterday the news hits that the arteries of our obese children and teens have as much plaque as 45 year olds. Terrifying. You know what...

Thanks to loyal Albertan blog reader Kristine for sending in this ad she received in her mail from the do-gooders over at Pizza 73 . Yup - t...

Not sure if you've heard of them since they never really hit North American shores. They were a class of drugs that worked on the endoca...

Following in the footsteps of New York City and the State of California, Philadelphia just became the newest member of the menu-board calor...

So the election's over. What's an idealist, fervent young Obama supporter to do? Today for Funny Friday is ONN's coverage of thi...

The 2012 London Olympic games will be brought to you by - Cadbury. And probably Coca-Cola, McDonald's and other healthy living giants. C...

Longtime readers of my blog may remember my post regarding my 3 year old school's policy of pizza day. Once a month the kids get pizza, ...

Yesterday I received an email from a reporter doing a story on Canada's Food Guide and my criticisms therein. In her email she noted tha...

So just how deep in the sand does your head have to be in order for Big Food to come in and generate a far more robust front-of-package labe...