Weighty Matters
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Could Accurate Front-of-Package Food Photos Help People Eat Less?

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Yesterday there was an interesting study published in Public Health Nutrition. The study, " Frosting on the cake: pictures on food pa...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Teachers, Stop Teaching Kids To Reward Anything and Everything With Junk!

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The past 50 years of so have seen scads of unhealthy societal changes to how we use food, and near the top of that heap lies our now normali...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Saturday Stories: Slaughter, Genetic Testing, and a New Jew

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Nick Cohen in the Guardian on why he's becoming a Jew and why he thinks you should too . My friend Timothy Caulfield in the Atlantic o...
Friday, March 25, 2016

"We Used To Eat Our Food, Now We Just Take Pictures Of It"

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Today's Funny Friday video is about "Instagram Husbands". Am betting there are also plenty of "Instagram Wives". H...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

If You Want Your Kids To Play Outside, Play With Them!

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I've said it before and I'm saying it again, the fact that when we were kids we played outside is meaningless today. Honestly, whe...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Blown Away By How Much Ultra-Processed Food North Americans Eat

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Ultra-processed foods are, " formulations of several ingredients which, besides salt, sugar, oils and fats, include food substances not...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Saturday Stories: Plane Weight, Road Trips, and GMOs

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Your Fat Friend in Medium on what it’s like to be that fat person sitting next to you on the plane . Samantha Barker on ABC News briefly c...
Friday, March 18, 2016

How to Put Your Phone's Timer to Good Use in the Kitchen

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I regularly use my iPhone's timer when cooking, but unlike today's Funny Friday video, when I do so it isn't funny. Have a gre...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

New Spreadable Twix Bars Have Less Sugar Than Nutella

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On the nearly impossible chance you still haven't accepted the fact that Nutella is just spreadable candy, I present to you actual sprea...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Guest Post: U of T's Chair of Nutrition Calls For Added Sugar Labelling

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Today's guest post comes from PhD candidate and RD Jodi Bernstein. The post covers her, and her supervisor Dr. Mary L'Abbe, the Univ...
Monday, March 14, 2016

The Breathtaking Stated New Focus of American Nutrition Research

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Diet related chronic non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc.) are flooding the world, and America's flood water...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

Saturday Stories: Willpower, Crosswords, and Conference Questions

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Daniel Engber in Slate asks whether or not one of the world's most cited willpower experiments was just BS . Oliver Roeder in FiveThir...
Friday, March 11, 2016

Today's Funny Friday Video is a Mere 5 Seconds Long

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But they're quality seconds. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 10, 2016

How Is It Possible Reebok Banned Soda Sales Before Hospitals Did?

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Seriously. Today Reebok announced that it'll no longer be selling soda at its headquarters. Why? Here's President Matt O'Tool...
Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Nothing Will Change If You Change Nothing

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There's no denying the fact that change is difficult. Whether you're hoping to improve nutrition, weight, fitness, relationships, ...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Canada's Senate Set to Tackle the Food Industry

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Last week saw the publication of the Canadian Senate's Report Obesity In Canada A Whole-of-Society Approach for a Healthier Canada . My ...
Saturday, March 05, 2016

Saturday Stories: Shuttle Engineers, Muslim Soldiers, and Not So Safe Spaces

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Major Alaa Waheeb Howard Berkes, via NPR, on how listeners' letters in response to a story on the Challenger disaster helped to sooth...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Bad Lip Reading Meets Ted Cruz!

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Oh, today's Funny Friday is fabulous. And frankly, I think the bad lip reading version of Cruz' ad is more effective and compelling ...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016

"To Assist In Achieving Goal Patient Was Given: Nothing" #MDFail

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Yesterday Canada's Senate released their report on obesity which focused primarily on prevention. I'll likely review that some next...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Got Spin? Dairy Farmers of Canada Talks Sugar With The Senate

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Chocolate milk brochure and colouring book sent home this year with Ontario kindergarteners as part of  the Elementary School Milk Program...
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