Reading Time: 4 minutes Stick to the evidence when reporting on – and endorsing – food studies. We need real solutions to obesity and Type 2 diabetes, not book sales
Tag: Obesity
In the fight for kids’ attention, parents don’t stand a chance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study shows Canadian kids see more than 25 million online food and beverage ads a year – mostly for junk food. It’s time for that to end
Breaking technology’s pernicious grip on our children
Reading Time: 3 minutes The formative years with our children only come once. When we make them the highest priorities in our lives, we give them the message that they’re worthwhile
Junk food ads bombard teens, putting them at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Proposed restrictions on food and beverage advertising to kids should include youth up to age 16. We need to give healthy eating habits a fighting chance
The importance of unstructured recess
Reading Time: 3 minutes By organizing activities at recess, or replacing recess with more classroom studies, educators are doing a horrible disservice to children
Health Canada may be biting off more than it can chew
Reading Time: 3 minutes Health Canada recently announced that it will completely overhaul its food labelling regulations – and replace its iconic food guide
Can McDonald’s Happy Meal find a healthy balance?
Reading Time: 3 minutes An interesting idea to encourage children to get in shape in the wake of the Olympics completely backfired for the fast-food giant
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages not the answer to obesity
Reading Time: 3 minutes To tackle obesity in Canada, we need strategies that offer health education and support, not another tax on the poor
Feds need to take leadership role on rising obesity rates
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ban advertising of unhealthy foods to kids, tax sugary drinks, revamp food guide, prohibit use of trans fats
Sugar-coating the truth about soft drink taxes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada has an intake issue, but we need a broad labeling initiative, not specific consumption taxes