Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Study Published Stating The Daily Mile Doesn't Improve Childhood Obesity Speaks To Risks Of Tying Weight To Exercise

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Published this week in the International Journal of Obesity is  Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of The Daily Mile on childhood weight...
Monday, January 27, 2020

If The Microbiome Is As All Important As We're Led To Believe Isn't That's All The More Reason Not To Mess With Yours?

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There's no denying the hype around the microbiome with buzz suggesting that it's integral to anything and everything - from our immu...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Saturday Stories: Coping, Flu Shot Crusading, And Conspiracying

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Thomas Harding, in The Guardian, on surviving the loss of his teenage son . Jason McBride, in Toronto Life, with a profile of the inimitab...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Should Statistically Significant But Clinically Meaningless Outcomes Still Be Reported As Significant?

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Rather than call out the specific paper that led to this blog post (I also don't want to add to its Altmetrics), just a question. If...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Saturday Stories: Black Medical Academics, Brittany Ran A Marathon, And Body Positivity

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Uché Blackstock, in STAT, on why black academic physicians like her are leaving their positions . Sam Brennan, in Fit Is a Feminist Issue,...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Product Reformulation Means Sugar Taxes Work Even If People Don't Buy Less As A Consequence

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Taxes work to decrease purchasing, and the higher the tax, the greater their impact. Period. Which is why it's always struck me as odd...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

Saturday Stories: Larry David, Elizabeth Wurtzel, And The Ebola Vaccine

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Brett Martin, in GQ, profiles the inimitable Larry David Elizabeth Wurtzel, in Medium, discussing her life's final year Helen Bra...
Thursday, January 09, 2020

Canadian Donut Chain Launches Donut Flavoured Cereal And People Are Angry. Why I Think There Are Better Things (And Worse Cereals) To Be Angry About.

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So last week saw the Canadian launch of timbits cereal and as evidenced by the number of people have sent press releases about it to me, not...
Monday, January 06, 2020

How Much Do You Like Your Diet? Given Adherence Likely Dependent On Enjoyment, Our Recent Paper Set Out To Quantify That

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Back in 2012, I wondered aloud about creating a scoring system for dietary enjoyment . I blogged about it a few times here and there, and h...
Saturday, January 04, 2020

Saturday Stories: Suleimani, Left And Right Antisemitism, And Home Cooking Challenges

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Dexter Filkins, in The New Yorker, with the definitive piece on who was Qassem Suleimani Isaac Chotiner, also in The New Yorker, on the ri...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Teachers, Stop Teaching Kids To Reward Anything and Everything With Junk Food And Candy!

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As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. This year am looking back to 2016. The past 50 years of so...
Monday, December 30, 2019

It's More Important To Teach Your Kids to Cook Than to Play Soccer

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Photo courtesy of yoshiyasu nishikawa   As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. This year am lo...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

Saturday Stories: Snowflakes, Forgetting, And Fat Shaming

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James Hatch, in Medium, on going back to College at age 52 and his semester with Yale's snowflakes. Alvin Rosenfeld, in Tablet, on the...
Friday, December 27, 2019

The Food Industry Spends A Cancer Moonshot On Advertising Every 3 Weeks

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As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. This year am looking back to 2016. Some perspective. Did...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

School "Hot Lunches" Are Beyond Awful. How Did We Let Them Happen?

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As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. This year am looking back to 2016. A friend on Twitter sen...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Why You Should Probably Just Ignore All Breakfast Studies

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By Evan-Amos (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. Th...
Monday, December 23, 2019

No Diet Works For Everyone, And Every Diet Works For Someone

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As has been my tradition, in December I repost old favourites from years gone by. This year am looking back to 2016 Two weeks ago Kevin Hall...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Saturday Stories: Statistical Lies, Cell Phone Location Tracking, and Survivors

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Stephen Senn, in Error, on lies, damn lies, and statistics (ok, really just on statistical lies)  as they pertain to personalized medicine...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Why Every Holiday Season Should be All-You-Can-Eat!

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Ok, yes, the headline is very clickbait-y as there's a crucial qualifying word missing. Thoughtfully This holiday season should be a...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Saturday Stories: Judaism's Executive Order, Reunited Lovers, And The Benefits Of Weight Loss

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David Schraub, in The Atlantic, discusses, with great nuance and balance, the issues surrounding Trump's executive order regarding Jewis...