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My (2012) letter to St- Stephen’s High School
I am sharing with you a letter I emailed to the principal, superintendent and program creator of the school health report cards, which includes BMI. Recently in the news, the school has follow-up with many success stories of this school’s initiative. While the BMI reporting erkes me greatly due to its poor measurement what erks me even more is that […]
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First, do no harm. Raising the red flag on school obesity prevention programming
April 2, 2013
Once upon a time… School’s typically sold foods associated with weight gain: pop, chips, chocolate bars, fried food, etc… In 2011 the government of Ontario decided to save the children from the BAD foods by creating the School Food and Beverage Policy which provided guidelines for foods sold in school cafeterias. Subsequently, more and more ’healthy eating’ […]
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Compassion deficit
December 20, 2012
Not surprising that this article “grinned by gears”. Its disturbing that the conclusion I sensed after reading this story was the continued emphasis and assumption that someone’e weight dictates their worth. According to the author’s comments in the news brief, if you’re a fat healthcare worker (or in our stance, dietitian) our advice has no […]
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Not everything that counts can be measured. Not everything that can be measured counts.- Albert Einstein
March 20, 2012
This post is a reply the recent post “Why HAES will never go mainstream” post by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, a family doctor and founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute. I begin with replying to a specific comment by “Norma” I also wonder about the use of “ANY” size…it apparently actually means only LARGER/obese size. Does […]
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“Failure by instructors to appreciate other life priorities is an additional, and possibly academically fatal, stressor” (Taylor,M)
March 7, 2012
Comments have been generating from Dr. Jacqui Gingras’ recent compassionate and concerning post STRANGE LITTLE HURTS. In her post she brings our attention to the distress and harm that the dietetic internship creates among nutrition students. I remember the application process like it was yesterday and I assume many others do as well. Instead of celebrating four […]
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“Good Grief”- Charlie Brown
March 2, 2012
Have you ever wondered why dietitians anticipate the month of March? No, it’s not because there is legitimate excuse to drink green beer and eat green pancakes! Albeit, I do indeed enjoy my green lager! Every year Dietitians of Canada (the professional group that helps promote the profession… think of it as PR) highlights a nutrition-related theme […]
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“We don’t eat numbers, we eat food” – Abbey Fitzpatrick
February 22, 2012
A couple days ago my twitter made @kornutrition shared an article from the Globe and Mail: “The new weight-loss math”. Reading this article made me want to bang my head forcefully onto my desk! While, this may seem like a dramatic description of my low-tolerance for medical quakery, the content of this article is yet another […]
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April 2, 2013
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