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This blog post may harm your baby 12 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Last week Slate posted an article titled “This app will not harm your baby“. It discussed a recent complaint brought to the Federal Trade Commission against Fisher Price by the the Campaign for a Com...
Got a meeting? Take a walk 9 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
I came across the below video this past week, and thought it would be worth sharing here on the blog. In it, Nilofer Merchant explains how she has converted all of her meetings to walking meetings, a...
Research Opportunity for Ottawa Kids & Teens 30 Jul 2013 | 10:43 pm
We usually use this blog to discuss research that has already happened, but today I wanted to let people know about a small study that I am currently overseeing, which may be of interest for our reade...
A roundtable discussion on active video games 12 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm
Earlier this week we had a guest post from Allana Leblanc, summarizing the results of a new systematic review on the health impact of active video games. Yesterday Mike Borghese, another friend and c...
Do active video games make kids more active? 10 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm
Today’s post comes from friend and colleague Allana Leblanc, who recently published a systematic review examining whether active video games were associated with health benefits in children. The pape...
One seriously active vacation 5 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
My wife, and her friend Puffy the Puffin Yesterday I reposted an article from a few years back, explaining why I feel that active vacations are more re-energizing than drinking on the beach (although...
Physically active vacations are more re-energizing 4 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Entering Golden, British Columbia In the fall of 2009 my wife Daun and I went on a 5-day cycling trip through the Rocky Mountains. We had been invited to a wedding in Canmore (Alberta) one weekend, a...
AMA Declare’s Obesity A “Disease” – Good or Bad Idea? 24 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
If you haven’t heard the news, last week the American Medical Association reclassified obesity as a “disease” (it was previously known as a “condition). This decision is largely symbolic, and has bee...
Risk of thrombosis: Another reason to avoid sitting? 18 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
Today’s guest post comes from PhD student Bethany Howard. You can find out more about Bethany at the bottom of this post. The study that she is discussing was recently published in MSSE, and can be ...
Is obesity prevention as simple as turning off the television and having a nap? 10 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
The title of this post is – obviously – a bit provocative. However, swapping your favorite TV show for a quick nap might be more useful than you’d think. Regular readers of Obesity Panacea will know...
