Originally I'd titled this post, Operation Palate Plasticity , but then as I wrote it, I realized it's only the supporting part of...

Thanks to Rachel Link and everyone else who sent me coverage about Tim Horton's elimination of their smallest size, and the shifting o...

So last week I started my 5th decade of life. I`m really good with it, as the alternative to getting older (not getting older) sounds i...

Arya Sharma clarifies the implications of a low EOSS score . Marion Nestle takes on the "Portfolio" cholesterol lowering diet...

Somehow I don't think so. That said, today's Funny Friday video certainly suggests freshness. Have a great weekend! (email ...

" Fat Children Eat Less Than Their Thinner Peers ". That's the tweet Linda Bacon from HAES fame sent out to her followers...

Yes, I said " Calorie Free ". Not " Fat free ", or, " Sugar free " - " Calorie Free ", and accord...

Another great guest post! I'm sure you've noticed how over the years, the "small" sizes in restaurants have been grow...

Today's guest posting comes courtesy of author, columnist, blogger, athlete and even physicist, Alex Hutchinson. Last week I emailed ...

A double header this week from Science Based Medicine. I'm sure there were many other fabulous stories....was just too busy a week fo...

I've only got daughters, but if I had a son, I'd hope he'd be just like the little guy in this week's Funny Friday video. ...

That was the question that leaped to mind after looking at one of the appendices of the recent Edmonton Obesity Staging System paper in the ...

What's portion paralysis? That's when your brain and your eyes have become so accustomed to a particular portion size for a par...

Last week I was invited onto Brian Lilley's Byline, a SunTV prime time news hour. I had contacted SunTV in response to a discussion t...

There's a great deal of fear mongering out there regarding obesity, but is obesity really the killer it's made out to be? The a...

That's when today's real post goes live. How come? Well noon's when the embargo lifts on two studies co-authored by my fri...

A few moments ago a tweet from Andrew Tobert rang up on Tweetdeck . He was tweeting about a WebMD advertorial that explicitly stat...

A great article in Slate on how antioxidants don't work ! My piece in the Canadian Medical Association Journal detailing issues of ...

Although the stock market this week was far from funny, that sure didn't stop this Funny Friday video from capitalizing on some of the c...

I did. I heard about it when Linda Bacon from HAES tweeted a link to a press release about it multiple times, calling it " Myth Bus...