This time of year is not always filled with laughter and cheer, and can instead be a stress-filled, financially and emotionally draining time. Remember that the word “No” can be a friend and ally when you feel like you need to re-establish your boundaries and regroup. This is a time for family, but [...]
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When my problem becomes your problem.
I came across an article yesterday about parents of students at an elementary school in Toronto who have complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the failure of the school to screen children’s lunches for known allergens is a form of discrimination against those with a disability.
I have to wonder where the line between [...]
Healthy restaurant dining: fact, fiction and finances.
I had heard about this vegetarian restaurant a little while ago from a friend who couldn’t stop raving about the great food. I’m always up for trying something new (bonus if it’s healthy!), and so decided to give it a try.
I’m not sure if my friend was just a great salesman, or if I [...]
The boy who cried “obesity!”.
A couple of days ago there was a news story describing how elementary schools in the UK are considering sending warning letters home to the parents of overweight children about the health-related dangers of being overweight or obese.
Nobody is denying that obesity has become a significant health crisis in the western world; and one that [...]
To Gardasil, or not to Gardasil?
So I realise that the HPV debate has been raging in Canada for quite some time, but I feel like I’ve only just come to some of my own realizations and conclusions.
I think I have been reading up diligently on the news updates that are released about Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine that has been [...]
What do you mean “everything on the Internet isn’t true”?
I received an email today from a friend that said “FYI - Cancer” in the subject line. Inside was a long list of “Cancer Updates” supposedly published by Johns Hopkins Medicine. As I went through each item one-by-one, I immediately began to wonder about the validity of several, if not all, of these [...]
Pros and cons of getting paid to lose weight.
After writing some intial thoughts about the incentive program initiated by the mayor of Varallo and the potential implications if implemented on a larger scale in Canada, I began to wonder what the possible success rate of such a program might be.
Mike Howard on the Diet Blog poses some interesting initial questions to consider about [...]
Talk about external motivation!
I came across this interesting article about a small Italian town, Varallo, whose mayor has decided to take weight-loss incentives to a whole new level!
Here we thought that trying to sell the idea of losing weight for personal health benefits was motivation enough. What were we thinking?
The mayor of Varallo has decided that all [...]
Why do we do what we do?
Whenever we come to a crossroads in our lives and must decide on a new path, a change of paths, or just a slight detour, there are inevitably several considerations that we take into account before making our final decision.
I have recently started to wonder what types of considerations we make and what finally makes [...]
Soccer: the universal language.
Soccer-mania has recently hit Canada in a way that I never would have imagined. With the FIFA-U20 World Cup being held across the country, people seem to have been hit with a potent maladie only hinted at during the World Cup held last year.
The clusters of people surrounding the huge Reuters TV screen at the [...]