Weighty Matters
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Saturday Stories: Godin, Rudeness, Tragedy

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The usual brilliance by marketer Seth Godin on the marketing of junk food . A great piece in the Wall Street Journal explores why we'r...
Friday, June 28, 2013

The Ultimate Dog Shaming Video

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Today's Funny Friday involves a cute (bad) dog named Maymo. Have a great weekend! (email subscribers, head to the blog to watch)
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Kaiser Permanente Tells New Parents to Limit Soda for Toddlers to 1 Can a Day?!

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Thanks to a blog reader who wishes to remain anonymous today I'm presenting to you what was presented to her at her baby's 1 year ch...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Parental "No" Files: Elementary School Fundraising "Reward" Edition

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Thanks to blog reader Cara McMaster whose son attends Ontario's Valley Central Public School. Apparently as a thank you to the kids f...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

(Not the Onion) Canadian Government Teaming Up with Donut Giant Tim Horton's To Fight Diabetes

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Who better to team up with than a national doughnut chain to tackle the increasingly pressing issue of diabetes prevention among Canada...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Will Calling Obesity a Disease Cause Harm?

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Some folks sure think so. While there's no doubt there's always a risk of unintended consequences (and no doubt too that we should...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Saturday Stories: Feminism, Starbucks' Calories, and Cancer

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Fill in the blank, " I need feminism because ________ " Great take by The Atlantic's Corby Kummer on Starbucks' new plan...
Friday, June 21, 2013

True Facts About the Aye Aye

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I can't get enough of these Ze Frank videos. Today's Funny Friday is his coverage regarding true facts about the aye aye. Have a...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Parental "No" Files: Ontario Science Centre Edition

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Well it's sort of a feel good story. A while back journalist Angela Mulholland noticed something strange at the Ontario Science Centr...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Gadget Review: T-Fal Actifry Family Not So Deep Fryer

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Full disclosure: Was provided with a free tester from T-Fal You know I wasn't always interested in nutrition. In fact I once couldn...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Is Home Cooking Really the Mount Everest of Parenthood?

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nonplussed by NYTimes column: "we'll cook our own meals for a week!" makes it sound like climbing Everest. http://t.co/yJeNGse...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Parental "No" Files: Historical Landmarks Edition (you gotta see this to believe it)

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Everything that's wrong with society's constant need to shower kids with sugar encapsulated in one ad, " During the War of 1812...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Saturday Stories: Photoshop, Soda Bans and Darwin

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Photo from Civil Eats' piece linked below A photo collection of celebrities before and after Photoshop . (Make sure you scroll right...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Ever Wonder What Dogs Think?

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Ze Frank does. And today's Funny Friday are his thoughts therein in Sad Dog Diaries. Have a great weekend! (Email subscribers, hea...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Gadget Review: My Month with BodyMedia's LINK Armband

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My past 28 days of use summary A month ago the kind folks from BodyMedia sent me one of their LINK armbands to test drive. I was excited...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Is Coca-Cola's Latest Calorie Dictionary Ad Purposely Deceptive?

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You be the judge. Below is the embedded copy of Coca-Cola's most recent anti-obesity advertisement. It's called, " Calorie Di...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Could Truly Terrifying Rise in Anti-psychotic Meds for Children be Fueling Childhood Obesity?

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Of all of the drug related causes of obesity out there perhaps none is more powerful than the gain associated with anti-psychotics. In adu...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Parental "No" Files: High School Track Meets

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Today's guest post comes from University of Manitoba's Dr. Joyce Slater who last week dropped her 14 year old son off at a high sch...
Saturday, June 08, 2013

Saturday Stories: Cancer, Paleo, Cardboard Boxes and a Must Read

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Reuters health report Debra Sherman was recently diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer. She's started a blog to discuss her expe...
Friday, June 07, 2013

I Dare You Not to Love this Video

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Today's Funny Friday is the greatest cover ever of the Beatles' Don't Let Me Down. Have a great weekend! (email subscribers ...
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