Weighty Matters
Monday, August 31, 2009

Is Glowelle the world's stupidest drink?

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I'd say so. Reportedly Glowelle is the newest entry in the growing "beauty drink market". There's a beauty drink market? ...
Friday, August 28, 2009

American Children opposed to universal healthcare!

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Good old Onion. Today's Funny Friday is an ONN report on a "study" that revealed that children are very much against publicall...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 15 - THANK YOU!!!

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So blearly eyed I woke up, rolled out of bed and as per my last few months' Thursday morning ritual, logged onto the Ottawa Citizen'...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

ParticipACTION ponies up with Nestlé

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Does this seem like a healthy partnership to you? ParticipACTION, the experiment in social marketing that has proven itself to be really gre...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ottawa Catholic School Board's "Freezie Weeks"

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Longer term readers may remember my post regarding Ottawa Catholic School Board's St. Andrew's Elementary School's weekly ice-cr...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Watch Maple Leaf Foods VP joke about the worst listeria outbreak in Canadian history

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His name is Rory McAlpine and he's the VP of Government and Industry Relations for Maple Leaf Foods Inc. - the same Maple Leaf Foods who...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Do you suffer from Duke-Nukem Disease?

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Loved this video! I remember calling my friend Laz (now a bariatric surgeon in Toronto) in our pre-med days and playing first person shooter...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Weight bias in healthcare.

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What a great video! I'm not surprised - it comes from the Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity which is certai...

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 14 - Big Food Inc. at Home

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As I mentioned, the update from my sources strongly suggest that published nutritional analyses for Citizen recipes will be a done deal - ju...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Are you getting sold snake oil?

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I came across this video on a blog written by someone named Esther who lives in Israel and who decided to follow me Twitter (interesting sid...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Should Hershey's recent study lead you to eat more chocolate?

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Not according to one of the study's lead researchers. The study involved researchers looking at 45 people who were assigned to either ea...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Nintendo puts out another useless "exergame"

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I've blogged about the Wii before and how while it may be fun, it's far from exercise. Today I bring you Treasure Hunt a new game ...
Friday, August 14, 2009

ER - Homeopathy edition

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Here's another gem from across the pond. Today's Funny Friday is a trip to the homeopath's ER. Have a great weekend! [Hat tip to...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fat tax levied on ambulance rides in Kansas

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A little over a month ago Shawnee County, Kansas voted to raise the rates of ambulance rides for obese folks. If you weigh 359lbs or below y...

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 13 - Salt to Taste?

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As I mentioned, the update from my sources strongly suggest that published nutritional analyses for Citizen recipes will be a done deal - ju...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

"Why exercise won't make you thin"

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Have you seen the latest Time Magazine Cover? " The Myth About Exercise: Of course it’s good for you, but it won’t make you lose weight...

Lose 7lbs, 4oz in 5hrs, 3mins.

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Thanks to my wonderful wife I'm now the father of 3 beautiful little girls with this one being the littlest! I'm a very lucky man!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

PETA - Eating animals - OUT! Making fun of obesity - IN!

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A few weeks ago I blogged about PETA's practices of objectifying women in the name of promoting vegetarianism. Well how about making fu...
Monday, August 10, 2009

The unintended consequences of banning trans-fats

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While Health Canada continues to ignore its own task force's recommendations to ban trans-fats, New York is off an running. A recent rep...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Taco Bell - the world's greenest food?

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Food that has zero impact on the environment - that'd be commendable right? Today for Funny Friday here's an ONN report on Taco Bell...
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