Weighty Mutters

Canada · Yoni Freedhoff, MD

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Weighty Mutters sees Obesity MD Yoni Freedhoff yammering into the ether (sometimes with friends and special guests) about the intersections of weight, nutrition, marketing, research, medicine, science, industry, and public policy. Fair warning, I don’t subscribe to any diet-ligion and think your best diet is another person’s worst.

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Are school pizza days necessary for school fundraising?
23 Sep 2019· Weighty Mutters
The argument parent councils put forward are that pizza days are a necessary and lucrative fundraiser. When I explored this with my youngest daughter’s school principal I learned that. Either of those things are true.
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Track and field and “sports drinks”
20 Jun 2018· Weighty Mutters
Should schools sell 11 year olds sports drinks at track and field days? I turn to an 11 year old to explore.
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What do scales really measure?
23 Aug 2017· Weighty Mutters
Weighty Mutters Theme • What do scales measure?
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