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Margaret Yandel, RD,
Promoting healthy eating practices is key to reducing the risk and the incidence of chronic disease. Patients today are inundated with nutrition information, but unfortunately much of it is not medically sound.... Read More
As members of the Nutrition Committee, we often get asked by colleagues, “What are the best weight-loss diets?” This is a difficult question to a complex problem. The diet industry is huge and, as evidenced by the... Read More
The Canadian Pediatric Society, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Dietitians of Canada, and Community Health Nurses Canada recommend the adoption of the World Health Organization growth charts in Canada to... Read More
BC has used the new Public Health Act to restrict industrially produced trans fat in food service establishments. Here’s what you should know. On 7 March 2009, the Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport announced that... Read More