VIDEOS/RADIO/PODCASTS
CBC Radio You probably eat twice the recommended salt per day. Here’s how to cut back (Featuring alumni Mary Sco & JoAnne Arcand) – March 18, 2023
Nutrition Connections Canada’s Trans Fat Ban with Dr. Mary L’Abbe – October 20, 2017
CTV Your Morning What You Need to Know Before Your Kid Heads Out to University – August 25, 2017
CTV NEWS Most probiotic yogurts don’t contain enough ‘good’ bacteria for additional benefits: study – April 25, 2017
CBC News New Food Labelling Regulations – October 25, 2016
CBC News Packaged Foods in Canada Still Too Salty – April 26, 2016
CTV National Strategy Failing to Reduce Sodium in Packaged Foods – April 26, 2016
CBC News Nutrition Table – March 28, 2016
CTV ‘One Sweet App’ Helps Shoppers Track Unhealthy ‘Free’ Sugars – November 14, 2015
CTV Sugar in Kids’ Meals – February 27, 2015
BLOG POSTS
March 16, 2016. Weighty Matters (Blog by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff). Guest Post: U of T’s Chair of Nutrition Calls For Added Sugar Labelling.
NEWS ARTICLES
2023
- Nov 2023 DSI Data Sciences Institute Supported Research Reveals How Automating Food Analysis Can Improve Health Policy
- Nov 2023 CBC NEWS Is that snack chocolate or ‘chocolatey’? How skimpflation might be affecting your groceries
- Mar 2023 CBC RADIO You probably eat twice the recommended salt per day. Here’s how to cut back
2022
- Jun 2022 VANCOUVER IS AWESOME Canada to require nutrition warnings on front of some packaged food
2021
- Apr 2021 CBC NEWS Are cheaper eggs just as nutritious as organic or free-run options? Marketplace tested 14 brands to find out.
2020
- Oct 2020 THE VARSITY (U OF T) Top food companies make empty promises to do better, suggest U of T researchers
- Mar 2020 GAZETTE (MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY) The great debate: Public lecture to discuss ‘What’s a healthy food?‘
- Feb 2020 BAKERYANDSNACKS.COM Canadian research calls for stricter legislation on marketing sugar-laden cereals to kids
- Feb 2020 THE VARSITY (U OF T) Child-appealing advertising for foods is associated with high sugar levels
- Feb 2020 THE VARSITY (U OF T) From food environments to food marketing: the science behind diets
2019
- Aug 2019 SCIENCE DAILY British food crowned the healthiest in major global survey
- Aug 2019 NEWS MEDICAL LIFE SCIENCES British ready meals deemed healthier than those sold in India and China
- Jul 2019 CBC NEWS Are food politics defeating Canada’s healthy eating strategy?
- Mar 2019 EUREKALERT! Canadian food and beverage companies get mixed grades on nutrition goals: U of T report
- Jan 2019 CBC NEWS Canada’s new food guide might be free of industry influence, but the great food fight isn’t over yet
2018
- Dec 2018 CTV NEWS Olympians, artists, and ‘The Doctors’ among 103 added to Order of Canada
- Jul 2018 THE PROVINCE Mary L’Abbé: Healthy Eating Strategy will let Canadians make informed choices about what they eat
- Jun 2018 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Don’t dismiss a healthy eating strategy
- Mar 2018 U OF T NEWS U of T expert finds high levels of sodium in Canadian bread, including one that’s saltier than seawater
- Mar 2018 SCIENCE DAILY New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread
2017
- Dec 2017 U OF T NEWS Canada needs sugary drink tax, study led by U of T researchers urges
- Oct 2017 SCIENCE DAILY Study finds shortcomings in Canadian regulations governing use of sugar claims
- Apr 2017 CTV NEWS Most probiotic yogurts don’t contain enough ‘good’ bacteria for additional benefits: study
2016
Sugar in Packaged Foods
- TORONTO STAR Doctors’ Notes: Watch out for “free” sugar in foods
- CBC NEWS Sugar’s on the food label, but you’ll have to guess how much has been ‘added’
Sodium in Packaged Foods
- OTTAWA CITIZEN Sprinkle of Progress Made in Cutting Salt Content in Packaged Foods: Researchers
- U OF T NEWS Shaking the Sodium: Food Industry Needs to Do More
2015
Low fat claims and calories
- PREVENTION MAGAZINE The Scary New Reason Low-Fat Foods May Be Causing You To Gain Weight
- CALGARY HERALD Food Advice for Guys: forget low-fat, ditch low-salt, and avoid ‘liquid Satan’
- NEWS 1130 Low fat doesn’t necessarily mean fewer calories
- NATIONAL POST Most ‘low fat’ and ‘fat free’ foods sold in Canada are just as full of calories, study finds
One Sweet App
- U OF T NEWS One Sweet App: leading nutrition researcher helps consumers check sugar level of food – for free
- U OF T FACULTY OF MEDICINE NEWS One Sweet App
- TORONTO METRO NEWS App reveals food’s real sugar content
Sugar Levels in Kids’ Meals
- THE VARSITY Too much added sugar in children’s menus
- AMERICAN HERALD Kids’ meals have more sugar than recommended, new research suggests
- TORONTO STAR Excess sugar lurks in kids’ meals at restaurant chains, U of T researchers say
- CBC NEWS Sugar intake should be reduced to 5-10% of calories, WHO says
- U OF T NEWS How much sugar is in kids’ meals in chain restaurants? Enough to shock researchers
- GLOBAL NEWS Sugar levels in kids’ meals are higher than WHO guidelines: Canadian study
Menu Labelling
- THE TORONTO OBSERVER Health board’s proposed sodium labeling stirs opposition
- THE SUN Restaurant patrons hungry for nutritional information: Study
2014
Sodium Levels in Restaurant Meals
- GLOBE AND MAIL Canadian restaurants’ high sodium levels ‘not a surprise’ to Ottawa
- CBC NEWS High sodium restaurant meals persist, researchers find
- THE SUN Salt levels still high in Canadian restaurant meals
- U OF T NEWS Still too salty: slight decrease in sodium levels for some foods at chain restaurants, whopping increase for others
Influence of Menu Labelling on Consumer Decisions
- TORONTO STAR Ontario’s government plans to keep pushing for chains to post nutrition data in restaurants – University of Toronto research bolsters argument to force chains to post nutrition info
- GLOBAL NEWS If menus shared calories, sodium, would you make healthier choices?
Calorie Levels in Restaurant Meals
- DAILY MAIL ONLINE Why a Burger King Whopper contains LESS calories than a restaurant salad: Fattening upscale meals revealed
2013
Calorie and Fat Levels in Restaurant Meals
- LA WEEKLY Restaurant Dishes: More Calories than Fast Food?
- ABC NEWS Dining Out on a Calorie Budget Nearly Impossible, Studies Find – ABC News – 13/05/2013
- DAILY MAIL ONLINE Are ‘alarming’ calorie rates in restaurants ruining your diet? How the fat in one meal is nearly 90% of recommended daily intake – Daily Mail Online – 13/05/2013
- REUTERS Small Restaurants Serving Big Calories, Salt: Studies – Reuters – 13/05/2013
- WebMD Typical Restaurant Meal Loaded with Fats, Calories – WebMD – 13/05/2013
Sodium Levels in Restaurant Meals
- PriMed No Change in Sodium Content of Ready Food from ’05 to ’11
- ENDOCRINE TODAY High sodium levels persist in processed, restaurant foods
- THE VARSITY Want (lots of) salt with that?
- GLOBE AND MAIL Researchers “shocked” by sodium levels at Canadian restaurants
- NATIONAL POST Forget the fries: Salt in a single fast-food burger often a day’s worth of recommended intake: study
- CBC NEWS ONLINE Sodium in Canadian restaurant foods ‘alarmingly high’
- CTV NEWS A salt surprise? Sit-down meals can contain more sodium than fast food
- HUFFINGTON POST CANADA Burger salt: Chain restaurant hamburger may contain one day’s worth of sodium
- U OF T FACULTY OF MEDICINE NEWS UofT study finds “alarmingly” high sodium levels in Canadian restaurant foods
- U OF T NEWS Salty surprise: fast food beats table service
WEBINARS
- CSPI Webinar – Nutrient Profiling for Canadian Public Health Initiatives: Scientific Aims and Application – March 25, 2019
- CSPI Webinar – Not So Sweet, Not So Fast: Shaking-up sugar, free sugars and carbohydrates on the label – August 5, 2015