Lots of hoopla on nutrition Twitter this week because RD Tracey Fox questioned the wisdom of serving donuts at the Academy of Nutrition and ...

(A variation of this post was first published October 24th, 2013) It's coming. And I'm not really all that worried. At least not...

James Hamblin, in The Atlantic, with his typically insightful thoughts, this time about whether meat is good or bad for you . Kim Tingley,...

Thanks to a person who wishes to remain nameless, I was recently alerted to the fact that the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, a...

Hype around preliminary findings, animal studies, cell culture studies, underwhelming studies, and more is the clickbait that sells papers a...

John Ioannidis, in JAMA, on how we, as evidenced by Altmetrics, are failing at conveying information about health related risks, in a manner...

So what happens when you offer people with obesity the choice between 5:2 style intermittent fasting (IF) (very-low calories (VLC) 2 days we...

Petula Dvorak, in The Washington Post, with two incredible stories, the first about hunting for one man whose generosity and $80 helped laun...

This is not the first time someone has shared the story of a kids' sports league that requires junk food fundraising, but it may be the ...

Greg Myre, in NPR, with an obituary for Stanislav Petrov, the man who likely literally saved the world. Margaret Wappler, in Glamour, with...

Robert Langreth and Lauren Etter, in Bloomberg, on how early signs of the new mystery vaping illness might well have been missed or ignore...

Last week I gave a talk to some parents at my youngest daughter's elementary school. The talk was about our ridiculous food environm...

Anonymous MD, in CMAJ blogs, with perhaps a more truthful offer of admission to a future physician. Kailey Kornhauser, in Bicycling, on c...

I have to admit, I found this story jaw dropping . The federal NDP health critic, Don Davies, is opposed to plans geared to rein in the ...

Words matter, and your weight cannot determine whether you're " healthy ", or " normal ". Honestly. Firstly, sca...

CJ Hauser, in The Paris Review, with the crane wife. Kyle Hopkins, in Propublica, on the village where every cop has been convicted of do...

The saying is that long journeys begin with first steps, not flying leaps, and if there were flying leaps that routinely led to lasting chan...

Kate Brown, in Runners World, on running while fat . Cara Harbstreet, in Human Parts, on running while female . David Horowitz, in The T...

Ok, it's a short study and it relied on dietary recall , but if taken at face value, the results certainly suggest you should be turning...

Connie Schultz, in Creators, on what to say (and not say) to someone whose loved one has died by suicide. Amanda Mull, in The Atlantic, on...