Thursday, June 30, 2016

Need Some Kids' Health Good News And Inspiration? You've Got To See This!

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Today's guest post comes from Middlesex County RD Nadine Devin. I had the great pleasure of meeting Nadine in person last week when Dr. ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

"Tell Me I'm Fat", A Spectacular Episode of This American Life

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I'm going to start with the bottom line - you need to listen to this episode of This American Life . It's a podcast in 5 acts. A...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Saturday Stories: Bloody Plant Burgers, Jesus' Wife, and GMO Safety

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Mark Lynas in the Cornell Alliance for Science says the debate over GMO safety is over . Ariel Sabar in The Atlantic asks if Jesus had a w...
Friday, June 24, 2016

If You Speak Turkish This is Probably NSFW or Kids

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If you don't speak Turkish, today's Funny Friday is damn funny. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Heinz Sued by Aussie Consumer Watchdog For Peddling Sugar As Vegetables

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That Kraft Heinz in Australia advertised products that by weight were nearly 70% sugar as, " nutritious food " and " 99 perce...
Monday, June 20, 2016

The Aspire Assist: Surgical Bulimia Or A Case Study In Weight Bias?

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I can't tell you how many people have contacted me about the Aspire Assist. What's been genuinely shocking to me is that the sentime...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Saturday Stories: Fuelling Athletes, Escaping Captivity, and Spying on Hezbollah

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Michael Joyner in Sports Illustrated with a Q & A with Louise Burke on how to fuel an Olympic athlete . Shahbaz Tazeer in the New York...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Sweary Ninja Dad vs. Cruel Son (+ Eggs)

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Today's Funny Friday video features a dad with far more co-ordination and grace that I could ever dream of. Oh, and a schmuck of a son...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

ParticipACTION Report Cards Remind Us Every Year How Badly We Suck

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We suck at helping our kids to be active. Here are the past 12 years of ParticipACTION kids' activity report card grades (click on 201...
Monday, June 13, 2016

IWK Health Centre Hospital Leads, Stops Soda and Juice Sales.

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IWK Health Centre's new, free, hydration station (thanks to IWK's Barbara Whynot for sharing) We've created a world whereby t...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Saturday Stories: Open Letter, Ice-Cream Truck Mafia and Behaviour Change

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John Pavlovitz writes an open letter to rapist Brock Turner's father . Andy Newman and Emily Rueb cover New York City's ice-cream ...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Conan O'Brien at the Noryangjin Fish Market

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Today's Funny Friday sees Conan O'Brien taking a tour of Korea's famous Noryangjin Fish Market where among other things they sel...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Real Life Weight Loss: Are You Up 2, Or Down 30?

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It's something I see all the time. Someone's done an incredible job at cultivating a new lifestyle and has also lost weight. Then ...
Monday, June 06, 2016

Why You Should Probably Just Ignore All "Breakfast" Studies

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By Evan-Amos (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons Ugh, breakfast stories. Such a frustrating topic in nutrition as for both health r...
Saturday, June 04, 2016

Saturday Stories: Journalism, an Abandoned Baby, and Male Entitlement

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Matthew Herper in Forbes worries less about cell phones causing cancer and more about the future of journalism . Nanette Asimov in The San...
Friday, June 03, 2016

Can Your Oven Mitts Do This?

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Today's Funny Friday video's an odd one, and yes, there are oven mitts. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Coca-Cola Provides Pediatricians with Prescription Pads, and Kids with Diplomas

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Today's guest post comes from my friend and stellar RD Andy Bellatti who some might not know is originally from Argentina. One of his co...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Guest Post: Given What Else is Sold in Bottles, Are We Too Hard on Water?

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Today's guest post comes from Ottawa based labour lawyer Sean Bawden. After I tweeted about not seeing any bottled water (but plenty of ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Saturday Stories: Poverty, Cancer, Self-Criticism, and 13 Tears

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Christopher Jenks, in the New York Review of Books, covers why America's poor have become so much more impoverished . Ginger Gorman, i...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Bet You've Never Been As Hungry as This Great Dane

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Today's Funny Friday. Just watch it. Have a great weekend!