Sitemap - 2016 - Weighty Matters
Saturday Stories: World's Only Occupier, Internet Commenters, and Gene Drives
No Video Better Sums Up 2016 Than This One
School Vending Machines Raise Very Little Money So I Ask A Principal, "Why Keep Them?"
Eating 201lbs of Barilla Plus Omega-3 Pasta Nets you the DHA of 2oz of Salmon
Saturday Stories: Widowhood, Orphans, and Very Bad Pharma
Liam Neeson Nails The Role of Mall Santa
Beloved Pre-School Literary Character Teaches My 4 Year Old Fat Hatred
Coca-Cola's New Anti-Obesity Ad Provides Truly Valuable Advice (No Kidding!)
Saturday Stories: Cobalt Mining, Food Recall, and Writing to Yourself
If This Is The Real Santa, I Sure Wouldn't Want To Have Been Bad This Year
We're Looking For RDs To Join Our Team! Deets Here
Guest Post: These Two Raisin Studies Read Like Advertisements
Saturday Stories: Philippines Brutality, Killing Animals, and Central Louisiana
Polish Commercial Wins This Year's World's Greatest Christmas Ad
Saturday Stories: Post-Truthism, Anti-Semitism, And At Least 2 More Hate Filled Isms.
Are There People More Dysfunctional Than Infomercial Befores?
Guest Post: Skim Milk Makes Kids Fat. Or Does It?
Can School Based Rummage Sales Put The Boot To Junk Food Fundraising
Saturday Stories: Cancer, Locked Wards, and 1984
Even Bears Are Better Dancers Than I Am
Why Are Dairy Farmers' "Dairy Educators" Invited To Teach Our Kids?
Some Reflections After 3,000 (!) Blog Posts (And A Personal Request)
Saturday Stories: Afghan Girl, Alt-Right, and Poisoned Words
Patton Oswald Says The Election's Over and It's Time to Choke It Down
The Two Easiest Lifestyle Tweaks To Improve Your Blood Sugar
Ontario & Quebec Schools - A Food Industry Partnership You Should Explore
Saturday Stories: Post-Election Edition
Never Rake Leaves Around Panda Cubs
The Canadian Armed Forces Need Help On Obesity
Saturday Stories: Performance Enhancement, Slow Cookers, and Scientific Training
Candidate For World's Greatest Dog Owner
New Brunswick Says Slush Puppies Provide "Maximum Nutritional Value"
Why Will It Take Health Canada 5-10 Years to Clean Up Nutrition?
Saturday Stories: Men Behaving Horribly Edition
How To Learn To Stop Worrying and Start Loving Halloween
Are Conflicts of Interest In Nutrition Less Worrisome?
Saturday Stories: Illness Metaphors, Tramadol, and Solitude
I Never Knew You Could Eat Shoelaces Either
What Is It About Cows That Makes The Word "Heifer" An Insult?
Black Doctor Recounts Blatant Racism, Spreads Blatant Weight Bias
Saturday Stories: Rape Silence, Chemical Weapons, and ICU Delirium
Watch This To See If You're An "Entitled Testosterone Monster"
If Health Canada Won't List Free Sugars, These Frustrated Researchers Will
New Canadian Senate Bill Calls For a Ban on Marketing Food to Kids
Saturday Stories: Distracted Learning, Learning, and Bullshit Learning
Sometimes You Just Need a Little Silly to Start Your Day
There's No Hydration Emergency, and Soda's Liquid Candy
FitBits Aren't Supposed to Make You Lose Weight
Saturday Stories: 2 Great Reads
Seinfeld, Cheers, Scrubs, Please Watch and Learn!
Many Doctors, And Most Journalists, Don't See Past the Fat
Why You Should Always Open Your Car Door With Your Right Hand
Saturday Stories: Humanity, Rats, and Fake Mayo
"Lots and Lots of Famous People" Want You to Vote on November 8th.
Mouse Diet Studies Aren't Conclusive For Mice Let Alone People
Hey ParticipACTION, Kids Need Activity, Not Activity Trackers, Food, Not Candy Vitamins
Saturday Stories: Illusions x 2 and BS Gatorade
A 25 Second Journey From Hangry to Happy
I Hate That I Know How Good a Writer This Young Dad Is
If You Swap Sugar For Artificial Sweeteners, Will You Eat More?
Saturday Stories: Death, Theranos, and Sexting
Trump Campaign Would Be Hilarious if it Wasn't so Damn Terrifying
No Diet Works For Everyone and Every Diet Works For Someone.
UK's @ValeofYorkCCG Launches World's Worst Obesity Policy
Saturday Stories: Muscle Confusion, Palliative Care, and Retirement
Do You Remember Learning to Drive?
The NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB All Apparently Endorse a Chocolate Bar
NYC Dept. of Health Says 2 Mins of Stair Climbing Prevents Weight Gain?!
Saturday Stories: A White Guy, David's Ankles, and Arab Israelis
In The Lancet, Kevin Hall and I Call Out Weight Loss Studies
Ugh, McDonald's Hands Out Activity Tracker With Happy Meals
Saturday Stories: Running Women, Putin, and Farts
Did You Miss The Greatest Interview of the Rio Olympics?
We're Giving Away 5 Free Spots for Our Office's New Distance Program!
Will Personalized Genetic Risk Knowledge Lead People to Change Their Diets?
Saturday Stories: Killers, Words, and The Longest Hatred
Squirrels are Surprisingly Polite
Another Great Not Junk Food Fundraising Program!
Anthocyanins And Flavonones Aren't Fruit!
Saturday Stories: Supplement Science, CIA Votes, and a Starving Venezuela
"You're Never Too Old to Follow Your Dreams"
Sorry Corn Refiners Association, Chocolate Milk Doesn't Increase Intelligence
Why Does @HealthCanada Allow Chocolate Syrup To Be Enriched With Iron?
Saturday Stories: ISIS, Alzheimer's, and Addiction
Sir David Attenborough Meets Pokemon Go
Kudos to Pita Pit. Really! Healthy Help From A Fast Food Joint.
Saturday Stories: Syrian Hell, Vegan Restaurant Review, False Tests and Cooking
Muscle Beach' Strongest Grandpa
JCPenney Airs The Fat Acceptance Ad That Everyone Should See #HereIAm
Saturday Stories: Disclosure Paradox, Bad Yogurt, and Fat Bias
Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, and Conan Help a Student Driver
Hospital RDs Defend Patient Meals Containing Doritos and Oreos
Texas Hospital Feeds Cardiac Patients Doritos and Oreos?
Saturday Stories: Dallas, Exercise, and Zika
My Babies Are in Camp. Refresh Refresh Refresh.
No, Our Office's RD Is Not a "Skinny Bitch"
Saturday Stories: Addiction, Subsidizing Murderers, and Private Prison
A 15 Second Video That If You Own A Harmonica I'm Betting You'll Try
Need Some Kids' Health Good News And Inspiration? You've Got To See This!
"Tell Me I'm Fat", A Spectacular Episode of This American Life
Saturday Stories: Bloody Plant Burgers, Jesus' Wife, and GMO Safety
If You Speak Turkish This is Probably NSFW or Kids
Heinz Sued by Aussie Consumer Watchdog For Peddling Sugar As Vegetables
The Aspire Assist: Surgical Bulimia Or A Case Study In Weight Bias?
Saturday Stories: Fuelling Athletes, Escaping Captivity, and Spying on Hezbollah
Sweary Ninja Dad vs. Cruel Son (+ Eggs)
IWK Health Centre Hospital Leads, Stops Soda and Juice Sales.
Saturday Stories: Open Letter, Ice-Cream Truck Mafia and Behaviour Change
Conan O'Brien at the Noryangjin Fish Market
Real Life Weight Loss: Are You Up 2, Or Down 30?
Saturday Stories: Journalism, an Abandoned Baby, and Male Entitlement
Coca-Cola Provides Pediatricians with Prescription Pads, and Kids with Diplomas
Guest Post: Given What Else is Sold in Bottles, Are We Too Hard on Water?
Saturday Stories: Poverty, Cancer, Self-Criticism, and 13 Tears
Bet You've Never Been As Hungry as This Great Dane
Could "Psychological Stress" Explain The Biggest Losers' Metabolisms?
Saturday Stories: OxyContin Hell, Trumpist Mobocracy, Anti-Zionism
If Meat Eaters Acted Like Vegans
Dr. Andrew Stokes On That New Excess Weight is Healthier Study
No Mott's, Watered Down Juice Doesn't Help Kids #StartStrong
Saturday Stories: Discarded Life, Expensive Medicine, and Un-Assimilation
The Must-Watch John Oliver "Science" Video
Top Ten Changes I'd Like to See in Canada's New Food Guide
Why I'll Never Prescribe a Very-Low-Energy Diet
Saturday Stories: Howard Jacobson, Marlene Carter, and Kristopher Pena
The Lasting Damage of The Biggest Loser (Part II) - Lawsuit Edition
The Lasting Damage of The Biggest Loser (Part I)
Saturday Stories: Magic Leap, "Helena", and HIV
If The Weather's Nice, Julia Roberts Enjoys Wearing Pink Fuzzy Handcuffs
A Simple Solution to Put an End to Hospital Junk Food Fundraising
Has Public Health Ever Affected A Population-Based Increase in Activity?
Saturday Stories: "Functional Medicine", Slavery, Shame, and Sugar
Rube Goldberg's Passover Seder
Real Life Weight Loss: 3 Years, 3 Kicks at the Can, 38% Loss
Cookbook Review: Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking (Spoiler - It's Terrific!)
Saturday Stories: Sugar Conspiracies, Abortion, Nature, and Aging
Punctuation Matters - Even When Reading The News
The Best $100 You Could Ever Spend On Your Health Or Weight
Chips Ahoy Cookies Are The Official Snacks of Canada Soccer #NotTheOnion
Saturday Stories: Curing Cancer with Vodka, Rationalizing Terror, and Fentanyl Addiction
A Visit To Dr. WebMD (It's Fantastic!)
Avocado Pit Eating Is Nutritional, Feel-Good, Magic Foodism.
Amazing Circle With Disney Gives Parents Internet Peace Of Mind
Saturday Stories: A Lebanese Woman, Two Boxers, and a Nazi
How Is This Not An Actual Show?
Could Accurate Front-of-Package Food Photos Help People Eat Less?
Saturday Stories: Slaughter, Genetic Testing, and a New Jew
"We Used To Eat Our Food, Now We Just Take Pictures Of It"
If You Want Your Kids To Play Outside, Play With Them!
Blown Away By How Much Ultra-Processed Food North Americans Eat
Saturday Stories: Plane Weight, Road Trips, and GMOs
How to Put Your Phone's Timer to Good Use in the Kitchen
New Spreadable Twix Bars Have Less Sugar Than Nutella
Guest Post: U of T's Chair of Nutrition Calls For Added Sugar Labelling
The Breathtaking Stated New Focus of American Nutrition Research
Saturday Stories: Willpower, Crosswords, and Conference Questions
Today's Funny Friday Video is a Mere 5 Seconds Long
How Is It Possible Reebok Banned Soda Sales Before Hospitals Did?
Nothing Will Change If You Change Nothing
Canada's Senate Set to Tackle the Food Industry
Saturday Stories: Shuttle Engineers, Muslim Soldiers, and Not So Safe Spaces
Bad Lip Reading Meets Ted Cruz!
"To Assist In Achieving Goal Patient Was Given: Nothing" #MDFail
Got Spin? Dairy Farmers of Canada Talks Sugar With The Senate
Saturday Stories: Sexual Assault, Gene Editing, and Over-Ambition
Did You Know That Canada Is In America's Presidential Race?
Vending Machines Earn Schools Way Less Than You Might Expect
Welch's Study Finds Grape Juice Makes You Smarter #NotTheOnion
Saturday Stories: Selling Sugar, Complementary Medicine, Bullshit, and a Video
Don't Go To Jamba Juice, But Do Watch This Video of Adele at Jamba Juice
RDs Gather in Peru For Secret Food Industry PR Conference
How Dental Floss Can Help You With Weight Management Success
Saturday Stories: Media Bias, Ruining Lives, and Robin Hood
"Cranberries are, I think we can all agree, nature's most disgusting berry"
Weight, BMI, BF% - Should MDs Measure Things That Shouldn't Change Treatment?
Craisins Are More Candy Than Fruit
Saturday Stories: Retired Cells, Brazilian Doctors, and Ancient Rome's Halftime Shows
"Instead of Water, Might I Suggest an Ice Cold Bottle of Candy?"
The Calorie Clump Theory of Annual Weight Gain
"Constrained Energy Expenditures" and Not Outrunning Our Forks
Saturday Stories: Shared Genes, Not-Extinct Insects, and Aliens
This Little Boy is a Cookie Ninja
How Does 15 Thousand Million Dollars a Year for Nutrition Research Sound?
In the US, the Colour of Obesity is Now Maroon
Saturday Stories: Suicide Pacts, Last Days, and Kippahs
Cut Sweet From Your Diet And Only Maybe You'll Need It Less
Is The "100th Day" of School Really Worth Celebrating (With Junk)?
Saturday Stories: Looking Perfect, False Confessions, and Lost Canoeists
Sometimes Even Goats Need a Good Pep Talk
Employing the "I Forgot To Buy It" Strategy for Healthier Pantries
Are You Certain That For The Thing You're Certain About There's Certainty?
Saturday Stories: Non-Jewish Generals, Murder, and a Conversion
An Incredible Cravings Based Resolution-y Hello Parody
Mars Chocolates And "The Emotional Low Point of the Shopping Journey"