The best part of my job is that I’m always learning something new. Recently, I was employed by a health department inOntarioto do some lit reviews and one of the topics concerned “Low Germans”, more formally referred to as those who are Low-German-speaking. Of course I knew a bit about Mennonites and the Amish (the … Continue reading »
Feb
16
Is taxing sugar-sweetened drinks the solution to our obesity dilemma?
In late 2010, there was a fair amount of media pick-up of a study claiming that a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks could reduce people’s caloric intake and lead to a weight loss of ten pounds over ten years. Sounds great and isn’t the first time this sort of modeling has been performed – Kelly Brownell … Continue reading »