Go ahead & eat it: you know you want to
I came across this article in Health & Fitness section of today’s Globe & Mail. A reader asks Leslie Beck, a dietician, whether eating a medium rare steak is bad for him, as his wife suggests. Now, …
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RedBedHead: Child Obesity: Abuse Or Moral Panic
A number of articles were sent my way today about the phenomenon in the USA and Scotland – and probably in Canada – of charging parents with child abuse if they “allow” their children to become obese. I’ve discussed in previous posts here, here and her…
Continue readingRedBedHead: BMI & Other Lies
Went out last night for a drink with a friend of mine and we ended up in a conversation with a professor from the University of Western Ontario who teaches in the Women’s Studies Dept and specializes in Medical Sociology or the sociology of medicine,…
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