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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Normalizing pizza days in school leads to this life-challenging dilemma. We have truly lost it on so many levels

    September 25, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for September 25, 2017 Source: 2 slices of pizza too many for students, Ottawa school rules Comment from Dr. Yoni Freedhoff: The Number Of School Pizza Days, Not The Number Of Slices, Are The Problem

  • School junk food bans may be having a positive health outcome but data source is limited by self-reporting bias

    June 26, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for June 26, 2017 Source: Banning of junk food sales in Canadian schools having a positive effect: study  

  • Sunday House Call, #617, June 11, 2017: The long-game strategy of junk food ads targeting children

    June 11, 2017

    Sunday House Call, #617,  June 11, 2017 Topics today include: How junk food ads constitute fake news and teach young children to normalize their consumption throughout life. Health Canada to organize consultations about changing the ad rules to kids. Your calls about weaning off lorazepam (Ativan), the difference between asthma and COPD, recovering from hip…

  • Small energy drink study in teens shows consumption increases insulin resistance

    December 7, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 7, 2015 Source: Energy drinks could make some teens more susceptible to diabetes, says Calgary study Reference: Energy drink consumption impairs oral glucose tolerance in adolescents: a randomized, double-blind, crossover pilot study

  • Sunday House Call, #541, July 26, 2015: Pizza vineyards, and Tequito trees.

    July 26, 2015

      Sunday House Call, #541,  July 26, 2015: Pizza vineyards, and Tequito trees.   Topics today include:This week’s op-ed: Fast-food charity campaigns normalize excessive sugar intake for children. Nick Offerman weighs in here. Your questions, including the effects of anemia, joint osteoarthritis, new onset of type 2 diabetes, thee lack of evidence for Co-enzyme Q10 to…

  • Junk food consumption's association to premature birth a bit premature

    May 28, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 28, 2014 Source: Eating junk food before getting pregnant spikes risk of premature birth: researchers Reference: Preconception Dietary Patterns in Human Pregnancies Are Associated with Preterm Delivery

  • Fruit juice concentrate (sugar) snacks is to real fruit servings as corn syrup is to eating corn on the cob

    November 4, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 4, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Obesity doctor blasts Heart and Stroke Foundation for endorsing sugar-laden fruit gummies Reference: The Heart and Stroke Foundation Owes Canadians an Apology and Action  

  • Caffeine to be added to "adult" gum products

    April 30, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 30, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods  

  • Living longer but with more morbidity

    December 13, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 13, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: People Living Longer but Not Healthier Lives

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