Sitemap - 2009 - Weighty Matters

My top 12 posts of the year

Holiday strategy? No wrist slaps and no write-offs!

T-Fal Actifry hands on review (World's healthiest deep fryer?)

The Quantum Scale Review

A "Schweaty" Ball Sack for Christmas?

(Podcast) Obesity's dangerous. Period.

Bumglo's Anti-Obesity Vaccine. Yours via eBay for just $150.

"Less bad" is "good" in Bizarro World.

The amazing SnoWovel - an updated review

Coke Red, the colour of the Olympics

The Beavis and Butthead allegory for Climategate

Old school exergaming - actual running: Mickey's Mouse-ke-TAG review.

An exciting new Canadian dietetics initiative!

Ontario residents to wait even longer for bariatric surgery?

Health Check's "trans-fat free" = 5% trans fat!

Quadruplet therapy

Frankenfood: Edible Play-doh (because kids don't eat enough already!)

(Podcast) Milk, conflicts of interest, and med-school profs.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation swings and misses, again.

Of course there is such a thing as a bad food.

The best thing to hit the internet this year!

Badvertising: Tostitos and their whole grain goodness!

Frankenfood: Domino's Bread Bowl Pasta

My Food Inc. Review

The letter the Citizen didn't publish

Do hockey and curling mix?

Hamilton Wentworth School Board to show the Province how it's done!

Ontario Liberals promise pro-obesity tax breaks!

(Podcast) Raise your finger for Chocolate Milk

Badvertising: Cookies "more nutritious" than milk!

Cookie Monster joins the food police

Another stupid kid game from Goliath

Shocking new study on how TV causes pediatric obesity.

Big Milk farms out PhDs to do their dirty work.

"Pop the Pig" promotes preschooler fatism

Odds, ends and help wanted!

The secret winning strategy of Nascar (drive fast)

Free workouts at all Gold's Gyms this Saturday!

Kellogg's Froot Loops are soooo good for you!

The PEI Healthy Eating Alliance endorses chocolate milk.

Burger King's $0.0019 per calorie campaign

Family physicians resign MD group protesting Coke partnership

Weekend listening - Sunday House Call

Pumpkins Inc.

See calories on menus - eat more at home?!

The new skinny on New York City's menu calories

(Podcast) Coke and the AAFP on Weighty Mutters

To sleep, perchance to dream (of weight loss). New research on why sleep's crucial.

The sordid end of the Pixar lamp!

Frankenfood: Windows 7 Edition

Overweight Canadian kids not eating enough according to Canada's Food Guide

Conflicts of interest in professional dietetics

Frankenfood: Sherm's Ultimate Gripper

The Canadian Medical Association sells Echinacea for pediatric flu prevention!

A ridiculously racy European dairy commercial

Milk prevents colon cancer?

Big Milk RD wants kids to drink 1/2 cup of sugar daily

Big Milk PhD bares her bias

Horizon Organic Milk Plus DHA - Brain Milk Badvertising

The glamorous life of a wildlife photographer

European Union doesn't believe in magic yogurt

For the poor in NYC costs count more than calories

Top 10 nutritional hills worth dying on

Silence and blind-faith cripple hope for Canadian nutrition reform.

Loblaws removing candy and magazines from checkout lanes?

Advocacy via the public or via industry?

3 Cheers for Cancer Project Dietitian Krista Haynes!

iPhone's new killer app food diary

Why Government rarely works

What do you call the person who graduates last in their medical school class?

Calling all Canadian Dietitians!

Heath Canada's latest failure hits mothers, babies and pocketbooks.

Danone's latest sexy health claim (sarcasm alert).

Schadenfreude (I'm a bad man)

Artificial sweeteners help keep it off.

Jamie Oliver - the video game?

Heart and Stroke helps sell Franken-goo to your kids

A doctor other than me bashes the Heart and Stroke kids report.

Hypocrisy & the Heart and Stroke Foundation's kids report

Arnold Schwarzenegger - a dumbbell divining rod

Badvertising: Mott's Fruitsations miracle sauce.

Big Food flexes marketing muscles to combat fat taxes

Frankenfood - Deep Fried Butter!

Do you really want to send that meal back?

World's most affordable treadmill desk!

World's Stupidest Childhood Obesity Tie-in?

World's Greatest Measuring Cup?

Is Glowelle the world's stupidest drink?

American Children opposed to universal healthcare!

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 15 - THANK YOU!!!

ParticipACTION ponies up with Nestlé

Ottawa Catholic School Board's "Freezie Weeks"

Watch Maple Leaf Foods VP joke about the worst listeria outbreak in Canadian history

Do you suffer from Duke-Nukem Disease?

Weight bias in healthcare.

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 14 - Big Food Inc. at Home

Are you getting sold snake oil?

Should Hershey's recent study lead you to eat more chocolate?

Nintendo puts out another useless "exergame"

ER - Homeopathy edition

Fat tax levied on ambulance rides in Kansas

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 13 - Salt to Taste?

"Why exercise won't make you thin"

Lose 7lbs, 4oz in 5hrs, 3mins.

PETA - Eating animals - OUT! Making fun of obesity - IN!

The unintended consequences of banning trans-fats

Taco Bell - the world's greenest food?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 12 - Persistence

Breaking News: A new day dawns for obesity medicine certification!

A horrible new trend in depression management

My "when we were kids we played outside" rant

Food branding appeals more to overweight kids?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch - Saturday Edition

What ever did we do before Youtube?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 11 - Patience

The EU teaches the world what to do about health claims.

Breaking News: Dietitians of Canada Support Calories on Menus

Are all food labels' calorie counts wrong?

We get mail (Canada's Health Minister responds)!

Maybe we should reconsider the right to vote

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 10 - And?

King Corn - a belated review

PETA: Eating animals - OUT! Objectifying women - IN!

My top 3 "hidden" causes of weight

A trip to the "nutritionist"

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 9 - Not yet.

Are Canadian restaurants allowed to make health claims?

Life after the Biggest Loser

344 Pounds - a guy on a journey

WHO declares latest Evian ad a pandemic!

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 8 - Hope!

Has your chicken been "plumped"

Fortified ice cream - an osteoporotic miracle?

Supermarket salads - less healthy than Big Macs?

Food still junk at Ottawa Hospitals

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 7 - Bated Breath

Weighty Matters - Kindle Edition!

Quit smoking (and junk food?) through brief exercise?

UK anti-obesity advocate pays student volunteers with junk food!?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Saturday Edition (and Update)

Cash4Gold - the answer to American economic woes?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 6 - Great News?

World's Greatest Treadmill Desk?

An open letter to Canada's Minister of Health

My CBC interview regarding menu and newspaper calories

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Recap!

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch on Monday's CBC Ottawa Morning!

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch - Saturday Edition

Forbidden Brownie

Dietitians of Canada hits bottom, digs

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 5 - Waiting

Dietitians of Canada opposed to calories on menus?

You're a bad parent if you don't feed your kids chocolate

Thoughtful elementary students ignored in quest for healthier cafeteria.

By 2025 American kids to be too obese to ride hoverboards?

Ottawa Citizen Nutrition Watch Week 4 - Progress?

Jamie Oliver's at it again!

What the American Beverage Association and Philip Morris have in common.

Media chastised for not enough fatism?

One monkey, no cup.

Help get nutritional information into the Ottawa Citizen!

Flying Pig Served at Australian McDonald's?

Refreshments Canada President playing from Big Tobacco's playbook

Hamilton-Wentworth Schoolboard Votes Calories In!

A new plan for economic recovery!

Is Nestle's Good Start probiotic infant formula breaking the law and harming babies?

Is your OJ filled with ethyl butyrate?

Health Canada Clueless on Probiotics

10 Things you don't know about orgasms!

Calories in the Ottawa Citizen Food Section Recipes

Antioxidant Immune Protecting Grape Juice

A personal trainer for eating your vegetables?

Does just thinking about exercise make your heart beat faster?

Health Canada does NOT advise you to stop taking Hydroxycut

Something tells me these guys are single.

A Doctorate in Big Macs?

Ottawa children needed for focus groups on food marketing!

Is "vicarious goal fulfillment" to blame for that order of French fries?

Congratulations to the Canadian Obesity Network!

World's Best Yoga Teacher

Frankenfood: WHOLE chicken in a can

Guess the clueless Ottawan obstetrician

Are Smarties (Canadian M&Ms) trying to pass themselves off as healthy?

Health Canada set to fortify junk food!

Ever buy a new gadget that you just couldn't figure out?

Sign of the Times - Ikea Video Game Playing Chair

Spin Doctoring: Popcorn

Britain pays citizens $750 to lose weight

Spin Doctoring: Juice

Is your breadmeat lackluster?

Is Danone admitting Activia health claims are bogus?

Irony Alert: Kellogg's named one of the "world's most ethical companies"

The Canadian Diabetes Association's Staggering Omissions

Is obesity responsible for the recent rise in youth cancer?

If these clips don't give you goose bumps, you're dead.

"Gravitaphobia" - The Irrational Fear of Weighing

Frankenfood: Passover Edition

Badvertising: Pomegranate Brain Juice

Irony Alert: Dunkin' Donuts

Things you don't say to your wife

Should we tax sugar sweetened beverages?

Badvertising: Pomegranate Immune Juice

Breaking News: OMA calls for posting of menu board calories!

Important news for Ontarians considering US based weight loss surgery

Drinking Fountains Prevent Childhood Obesity?

Weekend viewing: My Canada's Food Guide talk

What's up with Disney's DVD "Vaults"?

Badvertising: Brain Bread

Are you being seduced by your scale?

Repost: Do you have Scale Addiction?

Pretty much nobody checks fast food calories.

"I just twoted all over the place"

Why Isn't Canada Banning Canned Soft Drinks?

Eat Red Meat - Die?

CBC Marketplace Bashes Health Check (Again)

Eat red meat - go blind?

Breaking News! The Holy Grail of Deep Fryers Found!

X-Rated Turtle vs. Hiking Boot

Newsflash - Weight's not good for your health!

Badvertising: Slenderizing Juice

Watch the world's best ever rendition of Danny Boy

Busted: President's Choice Blue Menu On Track Plus Protein Cereal

Do you have what it takes to be a great marketer?

Follow up on Ayala's Herbal Water

Want cheap prescription weight loss drugs? Buy a "natural" product.

From the "What were they thinking?" file

Overweight? Your dietitian probably doesn't like you.

Altruistic Boy Scouts to Offer Free Breast Exams

Guess what? You're probably not fated to be fat.

Reality Weight Loss Lies - Biggest Loser Edition

This is not the best response to childhood obesity

Shocker - Calorie Burning Tea Doesn't Actually Burn Calories

Have you prepared your kids adequately for the coming apocalypse?

Frankenfood: French-fried Bacon

How the Food Industry Influences Food Policy

Do you need a Weight Loss Bookie?

Check out my new digs!

Hope for Congenital Happiness Sufferers!

Why We Need to Regulate the Weight Loss Industry

Top ten things to know before joining a weight loss program

Welcome Back Sally Brown!

Funny Friday: Literal Video (Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you Up)

Bulging Brides trainer Nadeen Boman claims her show "encourages a guilt free attitude"

World's Stupidest Childhood Obesity Intervention Plan

World's Greatest Office Chair (Humanscale Freedom Review)

Irony thy names are Boston Pizza and Health Check

The Fountain of Youth?

Denny's Free Superbowl Breakfast Slams 228,571 lbs onto American Waistlines

How Real are Reality Weight Loss Shows?

Posted "portion sizes" don't influence actual portion sizes

Improve your Body Image with Insults and Meal Replacement Bars?

Funny Friday: The Broken Escalator

Have you eaten off a Weight Watchers menu over the past 4 years?

Small Victory in Quebec in the Battle for your Children's Plates

World's Stupidest School Food Policy?

Going Out of Business Sale

Are you eating North America's Least Healthy Breakfast Cereal?

The Lancet Hates the new UK Obesity Initiative

Quackery: The Amazing "Diet Guard"

Frankenfood - Hot Beef Sundae Edition

Men vs. Women vs. The Walk-in Closet

Badvertising: Anti-aging Yogurt puts the "sigh" in Acai

Badvertising: Chips are Vegetables, Right?

Badvertising: Heart Chips

Badvertising: Cholesterol Lowering Orange Juice

Are Taxis Cheaper than Hearses?

Renowned Dietitian Leslie Beck Calorically Confused?

New York State Health Commissioner Calorically Confused?

I hope you gained weight over the holidays

French-Fried Hot Dogs?

Weighty Matters Cracks Wikio's Top 50 Health Blogs!