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