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Advocacy, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

How Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Childhood Obesity Go Hand-In-Hand

Here is another guest post from Rebecca Abavi, Kindercare’s research assistant from this past summer – What Does Poverty Have To... Read More

Advocacy, Bullying, Eating Disorders, Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, Obesity, Psychology

Weight bias and bullying of overweight children – Intolerable!

This guest post was written by Rebecca Abavi who has been a research assistant at Kindercare Pediatrics this past summer…... Read More

Breastfeeding, Development, General Advice, Health Information for Parents, Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Parenting, Safety and Injury Prevention

Ten Important Health Recommendations for Parents of 0 to 2 Year Old Children

Ten of the most important health recommendations for parents of children aged 0 – 2 years. Breastfeeding is the optimal way... Read More

Eating Disorders, Education, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

Life-Threatening Consequences – When School Boards Fancy Themselves Healthcare Providers

I met Madelyn for the first time last month in clinic. Six months prior, she was an otherwise healthy 14... Read More

Eating Disorders, Healthy Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

The Missing Message From The Movie Fed-Up

While and after seeing the movie Fed Up last month, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something awfully important was missing... Read More

Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, Parenting

Fostering Mindful Eating

Were you ever surprised to notice the bottom of a bucket of popcorn at the movies, or wished you could... Read More

Eating Disorders, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity, Office Matters

New Pediatric Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Clinic

I am pleased to announce that Kindercare Pediatrics, in collaboration with the ICAN Clinic, has opened the Pediatric Nutrition and Healthy... Read More

Allergies, Asthma, Breastfeeding, Development, Nutrition, Obesity, Research

Have We Been Overstating The Benefits of Breastfeeding? I Don’t Think So And Here’s Why

An interesting and provocative study, published last month in the journal Social Science and Medicine, suggests that the benefits of... Read More

Education, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

Active Kids, Healthy Kids – Canadian Pediatric Society’s New Physician Education Campaign

This month, the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) launched a new program aimed at educating primary care physicians around how to... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Media, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

Dr. Flanders on CBC The Fifth Estate’s Season Premiere, The Secrets of Sugar

Over the past few weeks, I had the privilege to work with CBC’s The Fifth Estate team on their 2013/14... Read More

Eating Disorders, General Advice, How To, Nutrition, Obesity

How to Moderate Your Children’s Consumption of Junk Food

Moderating your children’s consumption of junk food can be tricky: On the one hand, there can be nothing more lovely... Read More

Nutrition, Obesity, Office Matters

A Warm Welcome to Karen Balko, Registered Dietitian

We are very excited to welcome our newest member of the Kindercare Pediatrics team: Karen Balko, Registered Dietitian Karen joins... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity

Do You Want To Be A Skinny Cow?

      Many years of nutrition studies can make you think about food in funny ways.  Over the past... Read More

Advocacy, Nutrition, Obesity

Dear North York General Hospital: Thank You For Taking That Sign Down

In last week’s blog post, I expressed some frustration that the North York General Hospital (NYGH) had posted signage in... Read More

Advocacy, Healthy Lifestyle, Obesity

Dear North York General Hospital: Please Take This Sign Down

Dear North York General Hospital: I work in a nutrition clinic at your facility.  Many of my patients struggle with... Read More

Nutrition, Obesity

Connections: Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Diabetes, and McDonald’s

If you ever wondered about how connected obesity, physical inactivity, and diabetes truly are, then let this very powerful data... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Obesity, Research

It’s Healthier to be Overweight? My Take on the Recent JAMA Obesity & Longevity/Quality of Life Study

This month, the Journal of the Amercian Medical Association (JAMA) published a meta-analysis (a unifying study of multiple studies) looking... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Obesity, Video

The Amazing Transformation of a Guy Who Didn’t Give Up!

The moral of this story is… If you are struggling with your weight and general health, Don’t Give Up On... Read More

Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

The Real Bears – A Pretty Bold Anti-Sugar Public Service Announcement

Though it has not exactly been shown to be particularly effective, scare tactics to impart change can take on some... Read More

Education, General Advice, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Obesity, Video

Fake Food, Childood Obesity, Real Problems

Enjoy watching this interview with David Ludwig, MD, PhD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital,... Read More

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  • The (Not So) Great Canadian Domperidone Debacle 22 comments | 16.1k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on March 9, 2012
  • Have We Been Overstating The Benefits of Breastfeeding? I Don’t Think So And Here’s Why 21 comments | 2.9k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on February 28, 2014
  • My Family’s Visit to Canada’s (Food) Blunderland 20 comments | 10.4k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on September 2, 2012
  • Dr. Flanders’ Advice on Introducing Solid Foods to Babies 18 comments | 873 views | by Dan Flanders | posted on July 19, 2011
  • Life-Threatening Consequences – When School Boards Fancy Themselves Healthcare Providers 15 comments | 1.1k views | by Dan Flanders | posted on June 30, 2014

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