Weighty Matters
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Saturday Stories: What The Health, Carboholics, and Righteous Hatred

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Ginny Messina, the Vegan RD, in Vegan.com, reviews the film What The Health and its "junk science" . Stephan Guyenet, on his own...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Should You Buy The World's First DNA Based Weight Loss App?

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This week saw the release of embodyDNA a, " DNA based weight loss app ". According to the press release, for the low, low, pric...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Guest Post: A Lawyer Weighs In On Canada's Proposed Kid Ad Ban

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Early last week there was a surprising piece in Blacklock's Reporter that suggested that Canada may be reconsidering its plans to ban t...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Saturday Stories: Sham Surgeries, Plastic Mice Penises, and Gooplandia

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Christie Aschwanden in Five Thirty Eight discusses the powers of sham surgery . Ed Yong in The Atlantic with a story that begins with a pl...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

On Respecting Reality And Moving Forward

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As anyone who has ever suddenly lost a loved one will tell you, there's a great deal of processing to be had to comprehend what's ha...
Monday, June 19, 2017

One Last Tribute To My Trailblazing Mother Helen Freedhoff

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The last week was an incredibly difficult one with our family reeling from the sudden and unexpected death of my mother. During the course...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Remembering My Mother (And Why I Won't Be Around As Much For a While)

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Dr. Helen Freedhoff January 9th, 1940 - June 10th, 2017 My mother was her own force of nature, and tragically, wholly unexpectedly, and ...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Saturday Stories: War Photography, White Washing, and Cancer

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Photo by Nancy Borowick from her piece in NPR Marie Brenner, in Vanity Fair back in 2014, with an amazing piece on World War II photograp...
Friday, June 09, 2017

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Is All Kinds of Hilarious

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Honestly, today's Funny Friday bit, with Fox lecturing Trump about the wall, is just genius. Don't miss it. Have a great weekend...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

Canadian Nutrition Society Calls 13 Daily Teaspoons of Added Sugar "Moderate"

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To be fair, it wasn't the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) directly who told attendees of their recent annual scientific conference that...
Monday, June 05, 2017

Definitely Don't Take Your Kids To See Red Shoes And The Seven Dwarfs

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Via Tess Holiday on Twitter Want to know how socially acceptable weight bias is? There's a movie coming out, for children, about, w...
Saturday, June 03, 2017

Saturday Stories: Opioid Origins, Trump Loneliness, and the Confederacy.

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By Infrogmation of New Orleans - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Pamela Leung, Erin Macdonald, Irfan Dhalla and David Juurlink in New Eng...
Friday, June 02, 2017

This Commercial Almost Makes Me Want To Watch Shark Week

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But not quite. That said, today's Funny Friday video is a gem for those of us old enough to be Seal fans. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

If Pokémon Go Doesn't Keep People Moving, What Chance Does Public Health Have?

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You remember Pokémon Go, right? I remember when it launched I was giving a talk in LA, and honestly it seemed as if the entire city was tryi...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Forks vs. Feet for Obesity: The Great Debate Part II (Next Week in #Toronto)

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Which is more critical to obesity treatment and prevention - our forks, or our feet? That's the subject of my upcoming debate with the...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Saturday Stories: Special End Of Life Edition

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Have an hour and bit this weekend? Spend it listening to the podcast Sickboy who interviewed friend and one of our office's former RD...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Parents, How Many Of These Scenes Resonate For You?

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As a father of three, today's Funny Friday sure was familiar. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, May 25, 2017

No Coke and Pepsi, Adding Fibre and Pro-Biotics Doesn't Make Liquid Candy Healthy

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As the liquid candy business falters, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are desperately turning to the addition of pro-biotics and fibre to their juices...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

An Incredibly Belated Review of James Hamblin's Terrific New(ish) Book

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Full disclosure: I received an e-copy of Hamblin's If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body for revie...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Saturday Stories: Slavery, Young Physicians, and Sexism

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Alex Tizon in The Atlantic with an article on modern day slavery that I can't imagine you haven't read, but on the off chance, find ...
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