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https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/12/ontario-residents-to-wait-even-longer.html Weighty Matters: Ontario residents to wait even longer for bariatric surgery? Sure looks that way for as of November 1st there are new hoops to jump through for physicians trying to access a bariatric surgical consult ... weighty mattersontarioresidents https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/09/study-suggests-eating-chef-boyardee.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: Study suggests eating Chef Boyardee helps weight loss? If I worked for Chef Boyardee I guarantee I'd be featuring this study in an advertising campaign. I'd be doing the same if I worked for Smu... weighty matterschef boyardeestudysuggestseating https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/11/brom-flies-solo.html Weighty matters: Brom flies solo Coocoo You will never guess where I am! I am in Northern Ireland with Gera! It is so exciting. I will tell you all about it. When... weighty mattersbromfliessolo https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/p/brom.html Weighty matters: Brom Coocoo My name is Brom (which is the sound bears make in Dutch) and I am a girl. But I would prefer it if you were to refer to me as 'he... weighty mattersbrom https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2011/12/rest.html Weighty matters: Rest Well, hello everyone! Did you miss me? I know, I know, I have been away for over two weeks, but I have a good excuse: it was busy. First ... weighty mattersrest https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2012/12/looking-back.html Weighty matters: Looking back... Several years ago I did a post about the year that had passed and with everything that happened this year, I thought I would do so ag... weighty matterslookingback https://www.weightymatters.ca/2010/05/supermarket-endorses-meatless-mondays.html Weighty Matters: Supermarket endorses Meatless Mondays - Beef Information Centre busts a spleen So it started harmlessly enough. Sobey's (a grocery chain) printed its Spring issue of Inspired Magazine which featured an article on how ... weighty mattersmeatless mondays https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2010/12/let-it-snow.html Weighty matters: Let it snow! As I am looking through the window right now, I am wondering how on earth I am going to arrive safely and on time in London tomorrow! B... weighty mattersletsnow https://www.weightymatters.ca/2014/11/how-to-get-black-belt-in-healthy-living.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: How to Get a Black Belt in Healthy Living Find a healthy living dojo (virtual, paper, person, or peer) with a sensei you trust. Go to as many classes as you can fit into your life.... how to getweighty mattersblack belt https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2021/01/friends.html Weighty matters: Friends To Preikestolen with one of my friends As you may know I spent a few years living and working in Norway. The first few months were hard and ... weighty mattersfriends https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/04/saturday-stories-bias-beef-and-jet-lag.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Bias, Beef and Jet Lag Tom Philpott in Mother Jones talks of Big Pharma's influence on meat science . Dr. Sharma asks, " Why do we expect less from people with ... weighty matterssaturday storiesbiasbeefjet https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/03/eat-red-meat-die.html Weighty Matters: Eat Red Meat - Die? That's what a new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests is more likely to happen to you if you eat lots of red meat. The res... weighty mattersred meatdie https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2015/05/ Weighty matters: May 2015 Sunrise over the Irish Sea weighty mattersmay https://www.weightymatters.ca/2014/08/44s-of-crazy-cuteness-to-start-off-your.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: 44s of Crazy Cuteness to Start off Your Day Today's Funny Friday is delicious. Have a great weekend! weighty mattersto startcrazy https://www.weightymatters.ca/2021/05/ Weighty Matters: May 2021 What the newsfeeds don't tell you - a medical realist's perspective on all matters weighty....and some lighter ones. weighty mattersmay https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/04/modern-art.html Weighty matters: Modern Art Feeding the ducks, geese and pigeons in Hyde Park Well, my shopping is done (two loaves of bread, apple sauce, custard, two pairs of tr... weighty mattersmodernart https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2015/11/oohing-and-aahing.html Weighty matters: Oohing and aahing For a while now I have been very annoyed with my laptop. It is slow and lately I have had some trouble getting online. I have had this th... weighty matters https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2017/03/groan.html Weighty matters: Groan I think I will write about something and find I can't find enough words or interesting thoughts on paper (ie type on my keyboard to see i... weighty mattersgroan https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2017/05/oops.html Weighty matters: Oops! It's that time of the year again: Eurovision! Well, it was last week. By now the winner is safely home, being regarded as a hero. First t... weighty mattersoops https://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/10/lol-advice-on-how-to-be-tourist-in-nyc.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: LOL Advice on How to be a Tourist in NYC Having had the need to visit NYC a great deal these past few years, today's Funny Friday video spoke to me directly. And it called me a je... on how toweighty matters https://www.weightymatters.ca/2015/03/coca-cola-aggressively-targets-kids.html Weighty Matters: Coca-Cola Aggressively Targets "Kids" With New Powerade Campaign In its very slogan, Coca-Cola's new Powerade campaign, " Just a Kid From Chicago " announces the ad's target market. From a selling sugar ... weighty matterscoca colaaggressively https://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/12/health-canada-and-most-useless.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: Health Canada and The Most Useless Nutrition Campaign in History For the next few weeks I'm going to take some time off from blogging - but don't you fret, I've curated a collection of some of my favourit... weighty mattershealth canadaand the https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/06/help-get-nutritional-information-into.html Weighty Matters: Help get nutritional information into the Ottawa Citizen! Unfortunately it seems this may become a recurrent Thursday topic. A few weeks ago I blogged about how I had written a letter to the editor ... weighty mattersnutritional informationhelpgetottawa https://www.weightymatters.ca/2019/04/?m=0 Weighty Matters: April 2019 What the newsfeeds don't tell you - a medical realist's perspective on all matters weighty....and some lighter ones. weighty mattersapril https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/03/photo-on-sunday-2016-10.html Weighty matters: Photo on Sunday 2016-10 Photo on Sunday or Cake on Saturday? Either way, they looked good enough to eat! From left to right: the apple pie (yes, a bit burnt at t... weighty matterson sundayphoto https://www.weightymatters.ca/2007/06/sick-call.html Weighty Matters: The Sick Call I know one of the readers of my blog keeps her own blog and every once and a while she blogs about taking a sick day sorta just like that. ... weighty mattersthe sickcall https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-honour.html Weighty matters: In honour Because she's a darling, even when she wakes me up too early in the morning. Because she's a weirdo, because she'll only sit on my lap if th... weighty mattershonour https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/03/julius.html Weighty matters: Feline Friday 2 This is Julius. He was a lovely little tomcat who just loved to be cuddled. He was very playful and I had even taught him to 'fetch'. I wou... weighty mattersfeline friday https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/07/we-get-mail-canadas-health-minister.html Weighty Matters: We get mail (Canada's Health Minister responds)! So one month ago I emailed Canada's Minister of Health and pointed out what I see to be the incredible hypocrisy behind Health Canada's re... weighty mattersget mailhealth ministercanadaresponds https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2018/01/creases.html Weighty matters: Creases The last of the Christmas stuff had to be packed away. Of course I had done most of it already last Wednesday, but some things could not... weighty matterscreases https://www.weightymatters.ca/2008/03/bsc-in-obesity.html Weighty Matters: A BSc. in Obesity? Yup. According to a newspaper report in yesterday's National Post, the Univesity of Guelph and Humber College are teaming up to create a 4 y... weighty mattersbscobesity https://www.weightymatters.ca/2015/07/saturday-stories-soda-taxes-earthquakes.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Soda Taxes, Earthquakes, GMO Must Read, and Protein Lizzie Wade in Wired covers the success to date of Mexico's newly established soda tax . In case you somehow missed this piece by Kathryn ... weighty matterssaturday storiessoda taxes https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/01/how-much-fish-do-you-eat-while.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: How much fish do you eat while exercising? Today's Funny Friday demonstrates how even the animal kingdom is taught to overcompensate calorically with fitness. Have a great weekend! [H... weighty mattershow muchdo youfisheat https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2017/02/miss-oswin-is-not-amused.html Weighty matters: Miss Oswin is NOT amused Miaow Now, remember our landlord? The one that gives Mara rides to work and lets her use the basement and the loft? The same one that ... weighty mattersis notmissoswinamused https://www.weightymatters.ca/2015/11/i-love-this-food-industry-funded.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: I Love This Food Industry Funded Initiative To be more accurate, it's funded by produce (not product) manufacturers, is run by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and it's called Si... i love thisweighty mattersfood industryfundedinitiative https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/03/spiders.html Weighty matters: Spiders A friend of mine had this posted on her blog and it made me laugh. So, I had to share it, didn't I? weighty mattersspiders https://www.salon.com/2006/01/11/keillor_24/ Weighty matters - Salon.com Sep 25, 2011 - A fat president might be just what we need to lighten the load. weighty matterssalon https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/05/ Weighty matters: May 2016 Sunrise over the Irish Sea weighty mattersmay https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2011/10/ive-been-wanting-to-join-meme-again-for.html Weighty matters: Coffee with friends I've been wanting to join a meme again for a long time now, but hadn't really found one I wanted to join until I read Flamblogger's blog.... weighty matterscoffee withfriends https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/12/saturday-stories-myths-carbs-and.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories - Myths, carbs and children Outside Magazine's top 10 fitness myths Arya asks if you should save your carbs for dinner . Marion Nestle weighs in on what Michele Oba... weighty matterssaturday storiesmythscarbschildren https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/02/2999-cheese-whiz.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: $29.99 Cheese Whiz? There's a great deal of debate swirling around regarding various forms of junk food taxation, and while it will likely be quite a while befo... weighty matterscheesewhiz https://www.weightymatters.ca/2010/09/best-weight-practical-guide-to-office.html Weighty Matters: Best Weight: A practical guide to office-based obesity management This week the book that I coauthored with my friend, colleague and fellow blogger Dr. Arya Sharma was published by the Canadian Obesity Net... weighty matterspractical guide https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/07/ehm.html Weighty matters: Ehm... I can't imagine how they got to me! What can I say? Last week's posting was great and this week's is absolutely rubbish. My apologies... weighty mattersehm https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2013/07/photo-on-sunday-17.html Weighty matters: Photo on Sunday 2013-17 Two years ago I drove 40 Dutch scouts from the Netherlands to Denmark and then on to Sweden for the World Scouting Jamboree. Great fun. A... weighty matterson sundayphoto https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/09/a-7-second-video-that-encapsulates-my.html Weighty Matters: A 7 Second Video That Encapsulates My Week Today's Funny Friday is my sheep doppleganger. Volume should most definitely be on. Have a great weekend! (Email subscribers - head to ... weighty matterssecond videoencapsulatesweek https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/10/saturday-stories-some-horn-tootin-i.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Some Horn Tootin' I Guess I realize you read what I've got to say all week, but there were a few extras this week that I thought might be worth calling attention to.... weighty matterssaturday storieshornguess https://www.weightymatters.ca/2008/09/million-dollar-idea.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: A Million Dollar Idea? I hope so. And while it doesn't belong to me, certainly I've thought about doing just what Mark Bakker, an Edmonton electrician did - set up... weighty mattersmillion dollaridea https://www.weightymatters.ca/2017/01/saturday-stories-russian-advice-one.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Russian Advice, One Weird Trick, and Supplements Alexey Kovalev, in Medium, with his advice as a Russian journalist as to what journalists in post-Trump America should expect . Patrick Mu... one weird trickweighty matterssaturday storiesrussian https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2020/ Weighty matters: 2020 Sunrise over the Irish Sea weighty matters https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-recorder.html Weighty matters: The recorder You may have noticed the photo I used last Saturday to illustrate my story about my ancestry. It was a photo of my maternal grandfather p... weighty mattersrecorder https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2012/11/i-remember.html Weighty matters: I remember I was a bit older than this though! It's strange how a memory from someone who lives on the other side of the pond brings back memories... weighty mattersremember https://www.weightymatters.ca/2016/07/ice-cube-kevin-hart-and-conan-help.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, and Conan Help a Student Driver Because a longer Funny Friday video couldn't hurt. Have a great weekend help a studentweighty mattersice cubekevin hart https://www.weightymatters.ca/2022/09/saturday-story-post-covid-illness.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Story: Post-COVID Illness Sarah Neville, in The Financial Times, on the post-COVID tsunami of illness we may well face as a consequence of letting it rip. weighty matterspost covidsaturdaystoryillness https://www.weightymatters.ca/2016/12/are-there-people-more-dysfunctional.html Weighty Matters: Are There People More Dysfunctional Than Infomercial Befores? It's hard to pick a favourite moron in today's Funny Friday, but if I had to vote, it'd be the guy cracking eggs. Have a great weekend! weighty matterspeopledysfunctionalinfomercialbefores https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-gizmo.html Weighty matters: The gizmo As you may know I entered this mad scheme of getting fit. And not only that, to get fit enough to participate in a triathlon! What can I ... weighty mattersgizmo https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/01/saturday-stories.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories Orac rips CNN's Sanjay Gupta a new one over his coverage of faith healer John of God In the first of a series, the BMJ details Wakefields fr... weighty matterssaturdaystories https://www.weightymatters.ca/2014/01/a-video-review-of-dempsters-garden.html Weighty Matters: A Video Review of Dempster's Garden Vegetable Bread (Gah!) Not sure if my American readers will have seen this product yet, but no doubt, they will (or at least something like it). It's bread that cl... weighty mattersvideo review https://www.weightymatters.ca/2008/06/leslie-beck-says-food-guide-makes-you.html Weighty Matters: Leslie Beck says the Food Guide Makes you Fat If you live in Canada, you've probably heard of Leslie Beck - she's one of our most well known dietitians and aside from writing books and r... weighty mattersleslie beckthe foodsays https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/08/my-when-we-were-kids-we-played-outside.html Weighty Matters: My "when we were kids we played outside" rant Often I'll hear the ridiculous argument, " When we were kids we played outside " thrown around to explain childhood obesity. Presumably pro... when we were kidsweighty mattersplayedoutsiderant https://www.weightymatters.ca/2015/05/saturday-stories-baltimore-overkill-and.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Baltimore, Overkill, and Cancer Greeting Cards The Wire's writer David Simon in The Marshall Project on the anguish of Baltimore . Atul Gawande in the New Yorker on what he calls an ava... weighty matterssaturday storiesbaltimoreoverkillcancer https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/05/neighbourhood.html Weighty matters: Neighbourhood I don't live in what you would call a nice neighbourhood. Even people living in villages surrounding the town where I live 'know' where I... weighty mattersneighbourhood https://www.weightymatters.ca/2015/06/saturday-stories-alcohol-soda-and-death.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Alcohol, Soda, and Death German Lopez in Vox covers the alarming "new" drug that's killing Americans by the thousands . The Mexican National Institute of Health's ... weighty matterssaturday storiesalcoholsodadeath https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-little-bit-of-this-and-little-bit-of.html Weighty matters: A little bit of this and a little bit of that, a little bit of sis and a bit of so A lovely exception a few weeks ago All my Dutch readers are by now of course humming, but for those of you are not Dutch, don't worry. ... a little bit of this and thatweighty matterssis https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/09/breakfast-for-learning-denies-promoting.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Breakfast for Learning denies promoting Nutella Below is a response from Wendy Wong, Breakfast for Learning's CEO and President. As per my convention here, I'm presenting her response co... breakfast for learningweighty mattersdeniespromotingnutella https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2014/08/well-after-congratulations-to-my-mother.html Weighty matters: Trundling along Well, after the congratulations to my mother early in the morning, my sister and I left to get her a new id-card. Which of course couldn'... weighty mattersalong https://www.weightymatters.ca/2016/01/ Weighty Matters: January 2016 What the newsfeeds don't tell you - a medical realist's perspective on all matters weighty....and some lighter ones. weighty mattersjanuary https://www.weightymatters.ca/2010/06/saturday-stories_26.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories Commercial Free Childhood takes on some irony and Toy Story 3 . Harriet Hall describes her recent experience in dissing what apparently was... weighty matterssaturdaystories https://www.weightymatters.ca/2008/01/mcdiploma.html Weighty Matters: The McDiploma No, it's not another report card scheme like the one I reported on a few weeks ago. Now, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority of En... weighty matters https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2011/03/radio-silence.html Weighty matters: Radio silence Of course I could have done 'silly' posts all week, since that was all I was up to, but I decided against it. Which resulted in radio silenc... weighty mattersradiosilence https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2010/10/o-is-for.html Weighty matters: O is for... O pen tour When you find yourself in a new city, it may be bit daunting. One way to see a new city is taking a tour. You can do that b... weighty matters https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2015/12/brom-is-ready.html Weighty matters: Brom is ready Coocoo It was a bit worrying when Mara had to finish her sister's cardigan, because she had promised me a little sweater as well. Fort... weighty mattersbromready https://www.weightymatters.ca/2020/02/saturday-stories-man-boobs-formula-and.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Man-Boobs, Formula, And Shattered Identities James Hamblin, in The Atlantic, on the bizarre and unfounded man-boob based backlash to plant-based meat . Hannah Ellis-Petersen, in The... weighty matterssaturday storiesman boobsformulashattered https://www.weightymatters.ca/2007/07/people-will-buy-anything.html Weighty Matters: People will buy anything Today's Funny Friday post was born in the 80s. It's a clip from a workout video by Green Childers called Body Flex II. I'm thinking of buyin... weighty matterspeoplebuyanything https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/08/food-branding-appeals-more-to.html Weighty Matters: Food branding appeals more to overweight kids? Here's a weird result. A study published in the journal Appetite found that overweight children were more likely than healthy weight childr... weighty mattersfood brandingappealsoverweightkids https://www.weightymatters.ca/2009/02/read-how-two-little-french-towns-are.html Weighty Matters: Read how two little French towns are curing childhood obesity Fleurbaix and Laventie, France - combined population 57,819. Not exactly the big time, not exactly household names - yet. Why might that c... weighty mattersread how https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/07/saturday-stories-whooping-cough-and.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Whooping cough and an Olympic Double Shot The Globe and Mail's Andre Picard on the deadly resurgence of whooping cough . Just in time for the Olympics the Atlantic has a slide show... weighty matterssaturday storieswhooping cough https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2015/02/all-better-well.html Weighty matters: All better (well...) As I was in the midst of waking up this morning, my half asleep body turned over on its stomach! I didn't scream in pain, I didn't wince,... weighty mattersall betterwell https://www.weightymatters.ca/2010/10/apologies-to-my-american-republican.html Weighty Matters: Apologies to my American Republican readers I realize I'm Canadian and consequently probably don't have a terrific handle on the nuances of American politics. Of course that won't stop... weighty mattersto myapologiesamericanrepublican https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/04/?m=0 Weighty Matters: April 2011 What the newsfeeds don't tell you - a medical realist's perspective on all matters weighty....and some lighter ones. weighty mattersapril https://www.weightymatters.ca/2007/03/who-doesnt-love-funny-cats.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Who Doesn't Love Funny Cats? With over 4.5 million views on youtube, I imagine some of you have seen this before. After a week of particularly bitter blogging, I thought... weighty matterslovefunnycats https://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/08/whats-your-most-valuable-relationship.html Weighty Matters: What's Your Most Valuable Relationship? I love my wife. We've been married now for 11 years, have 3 wonderful children, and I'm regularly and truly awed by what a tremendous huma... weighty mattersmost valuablerelationship https://www.weightymatters.ca/2020/09/saturday-stories-vaccine-collaboration.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Vaccine Collaboration, Racism and COVID Coverage, and... Julia Belluz, in Vox, on the 156 countries teaming up on a COVID vaccine (without the US and China) . Indi Samarajiva, in Medium, on the ove... weighty matterssaturday storiesand covidvaccinecollaboration https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/02/more-breathtaking-hypocrisy-from.html Weighty Matters: More Breathtaking Hypocrisy from Canada's Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq Or are they outright lies? The subject this time? Childhood obesity. Yesterday Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's Minister of Health, launched a... weighty mattersfrom canada https://www.weightymatters.ca/2010/06/apparently-now-clumsiness-causes.html Weighty Matters: Apparently now clumsiness causes childhood obesity. Only it's not called clumsiness, it's called, " developmental coordination disorder " (DCD) and it reportedly is found in 5-6% of school age... weighty mattersapparentlyclumsinesscauseschildhood https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/06/saturday-stories-bloomberg-more.html Weighty Matters: Saturday Stories: Bloomberg, More Bloomberg, and Processed Food The studies behind the Bloomberg cup size limit . Marion Nestle on Big Food's response to Bloomberg's cup size limit . Tom Philpott an... weighty matterssaturday storiesbloombergprocessedfood https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2022/03/tuesdays-travels-22-09.html Weighty matters: Tuesday's Travels 22-09 I think I can safely say, this was a shoe-in! Everybody knew where and what this was and most of you have been there. So, points go to Debby... weighty matterstuesdaytravels https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2011/11/coffee-klatch-3.html Weighty matters: Coffee Klatch 3 A bucket list she asks for! A bucket list!! (imagine my voice going up a bit now) But then again, it was easy for me this week, since I... weighty matterscoffee klatch https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/04/real.html Weighty matters: Real And then of course for some real trivia about Mara. The mara is a mammal in South America, also called the Pampas Hare. It's related to t... weighty mattersreal https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/09/front-of-package-labeling-fight-guiding.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Front of package labeling fight! Guiding Stars vs. Health Check Last week Loblaws announced that they would be adopting Hannaford Brothers' Guiding Stars' point of sale nutritional labeling program. T... weighty mattersfront of https://www.weightymatters.ca/2007/09/health-check-blesses-god-sugar.html?m=0 Weighty Matters: Health Check blesses God Sugar My morning paper yesterday was sheathed in an advertisement from Welch's Grape Juice. There were two parts to the ad. The first part detaile... weighty mattershealth checkblessesgodsugar https://www.weightymatters.ca/2011/03/remember-that-intensely-stupid-high.html Weighty Matters: Remember that intensely stupid high-fructose corn syrup ad? You know the one. The moms at the party and they're chatting about HFCS? If you can't remember, here it is. Well that's not today's Funny Fr... high fructose corn syrupweighty mattersremember https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/04/feline-friday_10.html Weighty matters: Feline Friday 7 You hear of monsters that hate their master/mistress to be away and will ignore them when they come back after a week's absence. Not my mons... weighty mattersfeline friday https://www.weightymatters.ca/2008/08/calorie-countings-for-dogs.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: Calorie Counting's For the Dogs Literally. In one heck of a sign of the times I bring you Pup-peroni's new 50 Calorie snack pouch for pooches. You see it's not just people... weighty matterscalorie countingfor thedogs https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2012/02/language.html Weighty matters: The language As you may know last week I spent in class. I have been trying to learn Norwegian since November and even though I did quite well, it was... weighty matterslanguage https://www.weightymatters.ca/2014/08/visionary-quotes-from-1929-diet-book.html Weighty Matters: Visionary Quotes from 1929 Obesity Textbook - On Weight Loss A patient of mine brought in this fantastic 1929 medical diet book. Over the next few days I'm going to post some of my favourite quotes, st... weighty mattersvisionaryquotes https://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/01/guest-post-surgeon-chris-cobourn.html?m=1 Weighty Matters: Guest Post: Surgeon Chris Cobourn Defends Lap-Bands Readers of my blog might remember a post from just last week in which I detailed the results of a case-matched sample of folks who receiv... weighty mattersguest postsurgeonchrisdefends https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-jane-austen-dealt-with-stricken.html Weighty matters: How Jane Austen dealt with the stricken "It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a zombie in possession of brains, must be in want of more brains" Several months ago (it ... weighty mattersjane austenwith thedealtstricken https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2015/07/miss-oswin-was-right.html Weighty matters: Miss Oswin was right I was a bit upset to hear that many of you didn't believe my hunting skills! Well, I don't normally like the flashy thing (and the new on... weighty mattersmissoswinright https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2009/11/tweety.html Weighty matters: Tweety Today was a Tweety-Day. A day where the rain was just coming down and down and down. Cats and dogs, pipe-handles, water, bucketloads of wa... weighty matterstweety https://thelifeofmara.blogspot.com/2010/04/boring.html Weighty matters: Boring I don't know, but those English toilet doors were decidedly boring. I did not see one single strange or weird or even funny one. This one wa... weighty mattersboring