The Montreal Skeptics March Meetup
Update: Meetup postponed one week. Is Obesity a Health Crisis in the Making? The rate of Canadians who are obese has nearly doubled in the last thirty years, mirroring a worldwide trend. In our next meetup I hope to debate what has truly caused this rise, and whether this rise correlates with a reduction in life expectancy. Topics of discussion will include whether there truly is an "obesity virus" that causes people to get fat, the effect of bariatric surgery (stomach stapling) on health, nutritional myths, the utility of the BMI index, and efforts to reduce weight gain in populations that rely on scare tactics, shaming, and dodgy science. Sources: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/article/adults-adultes/8060-eng.htm http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/obesity-virus-new-risk-factor.html (btw, Junkfood Science is an excellent blog dealing with all aspects of distortion of facts on nutrition and health in mainstream media, I heartily recommend paying a visit) The meetup will be at 2pm, not 11 am as originally stated. Hope to have you, Josine
Starts
3/13/2010 @ 11:00
Ends
3/13/2010
Location
Postal code H1A 0A1, Canada
Montreal, QC H1A 0A1
Update: Meetup postponed one week. Is Obesity a Health Crisis in the Making? The rate of Canadians who are obese has nearly doubled in the last thirty years, mirroring a worldwide trend. In our next meetup I hope to debate what has truly caused this rise, and whether this rise correlates with a reduction in life expectancy. Topics of discussion will include whether there truly is an "obesity virus" that causes people to get fat, the effect of bariatric surgery (stomach stapling) on health, nutritional myths, the utility of the BMI index, and efforts to reduce weight gain in populations that rely on scare tactics, shaming, and dodgy science. Sources: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/article/adults-adultes/8060-eng.htm http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/obesity-virus-new-risk-factor.html (btw, Junkfood Science is an excellent blog dealing with all aspects of distortion of facts on nutrition and health in mainstream media, I heartily recommend paying a visit) The meetup will be at 2pm, not 11 am as originally stated. Hope to have you, Josine
Montreal, QC H1A 0A1
Update: Meetup postponed one week. Is Obesity a Health Crisis in the Making? The rate of Canadians who are obese has nearly doubled in the last thirty years, mirroring a worldwide trend. In our next meetup I hope to debate what has truly caused this rise, and whether this rise correlates with a reduction in life expectancy. Topics of discussion will include whether there truly is an "obesity virus" that causes people to get fat, the effect of bariatric surgery (stomach stapling) on health, nutritional myths, the utility of the BMI index, and efforts to reduce weight gain in populations that rely on scare tactics, shaming, and dodgy science. Sources: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/article/adults-adultes/8060-eng.htm http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/obesity-virus-new-risk-factor.html (btw, Junkfood Science is an excellent blog dealing with all aspects of distortion of facts on nutrition and health in mainstream media, I heartily recommend paying a visit) The meetup will be at 2pm, not 11 am as originally stated. Hope to have you, Josine
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