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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Ontario ends restaurant, gym vax mandates today. A myriad of responses extending across the risk-tolerance spectrum based on other policy-change outcomes in other countries.

    March 1, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 1, 2022 Source:Ontario ends restaurant, gym vax mandates Tuesday

  • CDC study associates restaurant dining with increased risk of COVID-19 positivity. It used self-reporting among four other limitations e.g. it did not ask if people were indoors or outside when they ate. No correlation can be drawn.

    September 16, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 16, 2020 Source:People who tested positive for COVID-19 were twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant: CDC study Reference:Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020

  • Sodium in full-service restaurant chain meals exceed daily recommended intake

    January 8, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 8, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Sodium in 1 restaurant meal tops recommended daily intake Reference: Nutritional value of meals at full-service restaurant chains

  • Calorie counts on restaurant menus are not accurate

    July 20, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 20, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Restaurants’ Nutrition Labels Mostly Accurate Reference: Urban LE, et al “Accuracy of stated energy contents of restaurant foods” JAMA 2011; 306(3): 287-293.

  • Lack of nutritional information for restuarant food and the Heart and Stroke Foundation's Health-Check program

    November 11, 2007

    Dr. Yoni Freedhoff comments about issues dealing with obesity, salt content of food, his recent appearance on CBC’s Marketplace talking about the lack of nutritional information provided by restaurants, diet, and recent studies linking obesity and cancer. He will discuss the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Heart Check program, with which he takes issue with some…

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