Weighty Matters
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Quit smoking (and junk food?) through brief exercise?

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Brains are crazy places. So neuroscientists using fancy brain imaging (fMRI) devices have demonstrated that nicotine stimulates the brain...
Monday, June 29, 2009

UK anti-obesity advocate pays student volunteers with junk food!?

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Meet Ms. Annette Brook. She's the British Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole. She's also a staunch crusader in the ...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Saturday Edition (and Update)

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Had a nice meeting yesterday with Editor-in-Chief Gerry Nott, Wendy Warburton and (I'm really sorry very nice well-spoken guy with glass...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Cash4Gold - the answer to American economic woes?

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Today for Funny Friday here's the Onion News Network exploring a new plan to help refloat the American economy. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 6 - Great News?

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It's been a very exciting week for the " ask before you order " campaign to encourage the Citizen to include nutritional infor...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

World's Greatest Treadmill Desk?

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I love this desk. It's Steelcases's "Sit-to-Walkstation" I've thought about building my own treadmill desk but my con...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

An open letter to Canada's Minister of Health

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June 23rd, 2009 Honourable Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health House of Commons 460 Confederation Building Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 De...
Monday, June 22, 2009

My CBC interview regarding menu and newspaper calories

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Thanks to the crew over at CBC Ottawa Morning for being so kind, courteous and engaging. For those who might have missed the interview, here...

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Recap!

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Welcome CBC Ottawa Morning listeners (and if you're reading this before 7:30am, have a listen to CBC Ottawa Morning this morning at 7:30...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch on Monday's CBC Ottawa Morning!

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So we're leaping from social media to real media on Monday morning when following the 7:30AM news I'll be on CBC Radio One's Ott...

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch - Saturday Edition

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Here are the nutritional breakdowns for today's two recipes - hope you like 'em salty!: Mama's Meat Loaf: (per loaf (whole recip...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Forbidden Brownie

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Who among us hasn't eaten something that's hit the ground? Enjoy this brownie for Funny Friday! Have a great weekend! [Happy Birthda...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Dietitians of Canada hits bottom, digs

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Wow, I'm almost speechless, but don't worry, only almost. Yesterday Don Butler from the Citizen called me about my post regarding Di...

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 5 - Waiting

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So we're still waiting for Wendy Warburton to get back from vacation. To recap. Over a month ago I blogged about how I had written a l...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Dietitians of Canada opposed to calories on menus?

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Calories on menus. I would have thought it's pretty much a no-brainer for any one who cared about nutrition and heath. I mean who could ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

You're a bad parent if you don't feed your kids chocolate

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That's my take on Kinder's new, " Have you played today " campaign". The gist of the campaign? Treats are an importan...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Thoughtful elementary students ignored in quest for healthier cafeteria.

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This is not a happy story. So roughly two weeks ago I received a series of emails from kids in a Canadian elementary school. The emails wer...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch - Saturday Edition

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I've noticed that there are often Saturday recipes as well. Here are the nutritional breakdowns for today's two recipes: Braised Bee...
Friday, June 12, 2009

By 2025 American kids to be too obese to ride hoverboards?

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Oh ONN, how I love you Onion News Network. Today for Funny Friday watch and hear how Obama's vision for America changed after he visited...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 4 - Progress?

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So yesterday I sent a letter to the Citizen and this time I expanded the list of folks to include the Citizen's Editor-in-Chief Gerry No...
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