Not sure if you remember, but a ways back I published a quick request for a survey a doctoral student was conducting on spousal sabotage....

Four word review? I loved this book. Slightly longer version? For those of you who don't know, Alex is a columnist for the Globe ...

The LA Times has a great piece on the natural fallacy . Douglas Anthony Cooper and a delightful piece on how not to get beheaded in Mexic...

Sure would mine. Today's Funny Friday video involves the wide eyed, friendly innocence of youth. Have a great weekend! (email subs...

Probably the norm. And frankly, I think it's unforgivable and that their ignorance belies the fact that weight bias is alive and we...

Probably, but first some brief back story to serve as an illustration. I turned 40 in August. And like many with big birthdays I decided ...

Oy vey. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and his City Councilman brother Doug, have gone on a very public diet. They've challenged other polit...

Readers of my blog might remember a post from just last week in which I detailed the results of a case-matched sample of folks who receiv...

The Atlantic and the broken economics of ivory tower research publications . Andy Bellatti covers Kellogg's Farmwashing Marion Nest...

I think I need to buy a VW. Don't know if you remember last Superbowl's VW Star Wars themed ad....but today Funny Friday is appare...

I've been kicking this story around in my head since it came out. Celebrity TV chef with obesity who makes repulsively, insanely, c...

While this wasn't a randomized or blinded trial, the results were striking. 442 case-matched patients were followed for 6 post-oper...

A ways back I blogged about how in Japan McDonald's was rolling out lesson plans for elementary students and in so doing, blatantly he...

Today in England two fascinating events are going on. Firstly, the British Parliament is holding an all party inquiry into the causes an...

BBC's Ouch blog asks if keeping a positivity diary help with your chronic illness? Marion Nestle covers New York City's latest s...

What a crazy week....but perhaps not as crazy as America's GOP hopefuls. Today's Funny Friday is Canada's pitch to become a ca...

Soda taxes are regularly being promoted and described as " fat taxes ", " sin taxes " or " obesity taxes "....

It's a pretty common refrain out there. Obesity is because we're less active. And while activity certainly burns calories, doub...

In health care it definitely helps if you know what your patients are going through. It's not essential of course, thankfully there ...

If you haven't read Tara Parker Pope's Fat Trap in the New York Times, her premise is pretty straightforward - permanent weight l...