Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Guest Post: A Must-Have Supermarket Coupon App

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Today's guest post comes from our office's own RD Rob Lazzinnaro who has found this supermarket coupon app to be invaluable, and fo...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Guest Post: A MOOC on Weight Bias with Dr. Sara Kirk? Yes Please!

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When my friend, colleague, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research, Dr. Sara Kirk reached out to let me know th...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Saturday Stories: Vitamin D, PBS, and Protein

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Kevin Klatt over on his blog Nutrevolve explains why he can't climb aboard the take piles of supplemental Vitamin D train . Tara Haell...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Why Don't You Love Me?

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Today's Funny Friday video is about, at least at first, unrequited love. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Make Harry Potter a Teachable Lesson in Fat Shaming

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For readers who don't know, I'm the father of 3 young girls. This week I'll be discussing just a smattering of the weight bias t...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Why I Stopped Reading The Princess Bride to My Daughters After Only 146 Words

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For readers who don't know, I'm the father of 3 young girls. This week I'll be discussing just a smattering of the weight bias t...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Scooby Doo's Daphne Cursed to Lose What She Holds Most Dear - Her Figure

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For readers who don't know, I'm the father of 3 young girls. This week I'll be discussing just a smattering of the weight bias t...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Teaching Children to Hate Weight - Johnny Test

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For readers who don't know, I'm the father of 3 young girls. This week I'll be discussing just a smattering of the weight bias t...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Saturday Stories: Jews, Health Care, Brian Wansink, and the Toronto Tunnel

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Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic asks whether or not it's time for Jews to leave Europe . Julia Belluz in Vox explores a gaping hole i...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Feline Hypnotherapy Session

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Today's Funny Friday involves a combination kitty masseuse/hypnotherapist. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 19, 2015

What I Learned Actually Reading That New Diet Soda Waist Gain Study

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I'll cut right to the chase. If you're going to conclude that diet soda consumption is linked to weight gain and increased abdomin...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

When RDs Include Coca-Cola on Their List of Good Snack Ideas Who Pays?

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A few days ago AP reporter Candice Choi covered the story of RDs who as part of a Coca-Cola funded black history month campaign, included C...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Sugar Reduced Juice May Well Be Less Bad, But it Sure Ain't Good

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From the there's a world of difference between " healthier " and "less bad" comes SunRype's new Frullo line of p...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Kraft Supports Kids Eat Right So "Proudly" They'll Pay to Tell You So

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For those who have yet to hear or see, the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) has sold Kraft the right to use their Kids Eat ...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Saturday Stories: Soda Taxes, Biracial Identity, Pseudoskepticism, and Cancer

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Steve Holt explains that of course soda taxes don't work on their own . Jenée Desmond-Harris writes a primer on what people need to kn...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Are You Sure You Want to Know What Your Dog's Thinking?

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Today's Funny Friday video makes a pretty convincing case that you don't. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Why Advertising Even Healthful Foods to Children May Carry Risk

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If you're not aware, there was a recent announcement of a new program entitled FNV, the aim of which is to aggressively market fruits an...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The DIET Score - What Every Weight Loss Study Needs

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By Jon Rawlinson (The Long Road Ahead) [CC BY 2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Re-upping/tweaking this post from 2012 as I'm not aware of...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Coca-Cola Aggressively Targets "Kids" With New Powerade Campaign

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In its very slogan, Coca-Cola's new Powerade campaign, " Just a Kid From Chicago " announces the ad's target market. Fro...
Monday, March 09, 2015

"Low-Carb" Diets, Peer Review Failure, The Media, and Us.

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A few months ago a study was published in JAMA entitled, " Effects of High vs Low Glycemic Index of Dietary Carbohydrate on Cardiovas...