VIDEOS/RADIO/PODCASTS

CBC News: The National Some Canadians feel duped by their breakfast cereal labels – January 11, 2024

 

 

 

Good Morning Hamilton (Podcast) Why are companies allowed to use misleading images on their product packaging? – January 10, 2024

Additional interviews on deceptive food marketing tactics featuring Mary L’Abbe and Daniel Zaltz on Global radio and Newstalk1010 radio

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

 

 

 

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