Weight loss will not solve obesity-related bullying – Obesity Panacea Podcast...
I really enjoy podcasts. I listen to them almost everyday during my walk to/from the lab, while I’m working out, and while I’m making supper. Peter and I have been doing an Obesity Panacea podcast...
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Motor skills at age 6 are associated with physical activity levels at age 26
Kids who lack motor skills tend to be less physically active than kids who have strong motor skills. This makes a lot of intuitive sense. If you have trouble catching and throwing a ball, it’s going...
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Eat less meat to reduce your blood pressure
A systolic/diastolic blood pressure >140/90 mmHg constitutes a diagnosis of hypertension. Across the blood pressure range from 115/75 to 185/115 mm Hg, every incremental increase of 20 mm Hg in...
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Daylight savings time increases risk of heart attack. Here’s what you can do...
Did you know that adjusting the clock up by an hour in accordance with daylight savings time increases you chance of a heart attack? Circadian rhythms are biological cycles that occur in humans,...
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Does sex tonight impact your workout tomorrow?
A commonly held belief among many athletes and coaches (particularly male ones) is that sexual intercourse the evening before a competition spells disaster on the big day. Thus, many high-level...
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The surprising science of fat: you can get fatter and become healthier
A new study in obese mice suggests that increasing the growth of fat located under the skin (subcutaneous) actually led to an improvement in glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, both precursors...
View ArticleSorry everyone – LeBron’s muscle cramps were NOT caused by dehydration or...
Last week during game one of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs, the air conditioning system in the AT&T Center wasn’t working properly. As a result, the normally cool...
View ArticleNew Study: High Levels of Air Pollution Associated with Lower Levels of...
Today’s post comes from Dr Jennifer D Roberts. You can find more on Jennifer at the bottom of this post. Physical inactivity, ambient air pollution and obesity are modifiable risk factors for...
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Too much sitting may increase cancer risk
You’ve heard it here more than once: sitting too much is bad for you. Unfortunately, much of our everyday life is comprised of prolonged sitting – from your car, to your desk, to your dining table, to...
View ArticleWalking meetings: a step in the right direction?
Today’s post comes from Allana Leblanc. You can find more on Allana at the bottom of this post. Right next to coconut water, and standing desks, “walking meetings” are the newest buzzwords for the...
View ArticleTime is of the essence: How to best spend 30 minutes for your health
Today’s post comes from Jonathan Kurka and Matthew Buman, discussing a recent paper that they published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Below is a video of Dr Buman explaining the main...
View ArticleWhy you should stop eating sandwiches
New research published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests that much of our excessive salt intake can be blamed on the consumption of sandwiches. Specifically, assessment...
View ArticleDo physical activity interventions also decrease sedentary time ?
Today’s post comes from friend and colleague Dr Stephanie Prince, discussing her important new paper published in Obesity Reviews (available free here). More on Stephanie can be found at the bottom of...
View ArticleEverything you ever wanted to know about breast fat but were afraid to ask
Before I begin, I should admit that the title of this post probably oversells the depth and breadth of the content that follows. In fact, this post is going to focus exclusively on the one...
View ArticleTime to combine physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep guidelines...
Sitting is bad for you. Exercise is good for you. Sleep is too. At present, we have 3 separate guidelines targeting these 3 separate behaviours. However, when combined these behaviours make up the...
View ArticleThe truth about holiday weight gain
Today I’d like to revisit an issue which is becoming a bit of a holiday tradition here at Obesity Panacea. How much weight do people gain over the holidays? If you ask many people, they will say that...
View ArticleThe demise of Dr. Oz
We first came across Dr. Oz back in 2009 when he was on Oprah peddling the weight loss benefits of infrared saunas. As Travis pointed out, infrared saunas are not a miracle cure for obesity. Nor can...
View ArticleWhen you lose weight, where does the fat ACTUALLY go?
The answer to this question may surprise you. In fact, according to a recent British Medical Journal article discussing this issue, few health professionals, including doctors, dieticians, and personal...
View ArticleThe latest findings on sedentary behaviour and mortality
Today’s post is a summary of a fascinating new paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine on the relationship between sedentary behaviour and premature mortality (available here). The paper has...
View Article30% of people with a “healthy” BMI are actually obese
Although I’ve discussed this issue a number of times over the years, every now and then a new study comes out that provides further evidence of the limitations of body mass index (BMI) as a measure of...
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