March 30, 2023 Bariatric Medicine Limited evidence that COVID -19 infection during pregnancy could lead to a greater risk of childhood obesity. Much more evaluation required to determine is there is a plausible mechanism involved in the process and if this is true.
May 17, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Study demonstrated that consumption of ultra-processed hyper-palatable foods led to increased daily caloric consumption and weight gain
April 3, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Children with obesity should have health issues evaluated with more than just BMI.
September 20, 2018 Bariatric Medicine Household cleaning products link to childhood gut bacteria changes and subsequent obesity based on another observational study. Many confounding variables make this link tenuous.
September 18, 2018 Bariatric Medicine Food marketing normalizing processed and junk food as a mainstay of our diets affecting our children’s health
December 8, 2017 Bariatric Medicine Big Food marketing machine has convinced parents on the merits of their swill, now normalized and convenient for your children’s increasing consumption.
October 15, 2017 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #632, October 15, 2017: Childhood obesity rates increasing? Pshaw, keep your dirty sugar tax away from my liquid candy!
October 11, 2017 Bariatric Medicine Childhood obesity rates continue to climb thanks in part to slick marketing and the normalization of the subsequent obesogenic environment it created
June 26, 2017 Bariatric Medicine School junk food bans may be having a positive health outcome but data source is limited by self-reporting bias
September 30, 2016 Bariatric Medicine Childhood obesity prevalence in Canada cause for concern but where is the concerted action?