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Understanding Nutrition Is About More Than Simply Knowing How To Eat 27 Aug 2013 | 03:22 pm
A few weeks ago National Post columnist Jonathan Kay wrote a 1661 word polemic extolling the wonderful foods available at McDonald's. Apparently, Kay, inspired by David Freedman's Atlantic piece on h...
What's a More Pressing Public Health Concern? Vitamin D Deficiency or Sugar Overconsumption? 26 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
Sounds like a pretty clear cut answer to me. But apparently it's not so clear cut for Health Canada. You see Health Canada has recently approved the discretionary fortification of cereals with vitam...
Saturday Stories - Extended Edition (too many to list) 24 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
Cardiologist Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum with a thoughtful piece in the Atlantic on why she thinks improved resident doctor's sleeping did not improve patient care. Valeena Elizabeth Beety with a scholarly pi...
The Two Oddest Movie Star Interviews I've Ever Seen 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
They're today's Funny Friday and they come via the BBC, a young, charmingly awkward man named Chris Stark, and both Mila Kunis and Jennifer Aniston. Have a great weekend! Related Stori...
GoodLife Fitness Says Partnership with Dare Cookies Won't Help Dare Sell Cookies 22 Aug 2013 | 02:37 pm
Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. So after I blogged about the contradictory message of Canada's largest national fitness club promoting the purchase of Dare cookies by bundling a 14d free mem...
Can Jamie Oliver, England's Prince of School Lunches, Fix Canadian Supermarket Sobeys? 21 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
A press release last week reported that celebrity chef and food activist Jamie Oliver, champion of school lunch reforms, signed a partnership with Canadian supermarket Sobeys to, "educate, inspire an...
Coca-Cola's New Anti-Obesity Ad Provides Truly Valuable Advice (No Kidding!) 20 Aug 2013 | 02:39 pm
Thanks to blog reader and exercise specialist Mike Wigger for sending along the latest in Coca-Cola's anti-obesity ad campaign. It's a commercial called, "Grandpa", and in it they juxtapose Grandpa's ...
Beloved Pre-School Literary Character Teaches My 4 Year Old Fat Hatred 19 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
So I was putting my four year old to bed two nights ago. We were reading Kevin Henkes' Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. It's the one where Lilly adores her teacher Mr. Slinger, but when Mr. Slinger doesn...
Saturday Stories: Mexican Junk Food, Child Self Esteem, Teenage Sexuality, and Summer Camp 17 Aug 2013 | 02:38 pm
Photo by Flickr's AppleSister A sad story highlighting Mexico's Junk Food Plague Luke Epplin in the Atlantic wonders whether or not it's a good idea to perpetually tell kids they can do or be anythi...
A Star Studded Total Eclipse of the Heart 16 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
This week's Funny Friday - 18 of your favourite female performers belting out Total Eclipse of the Heart....and all coming from one talented impressionist. Have a great weekend! Relate...
