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Are Doctors Part of The Obesity Problem?

David Gratzer | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Fat Tax, Counseling, Food Labelling, Weight Management, Obesity Epidemic, Montreal Economic Institute, Doctors, Diabetes, Obesity, Ontario Medical Association, Denmark, Canada Living News
David Gratzer

If Canada has a weight issue (and increasing amount of studies say that it definitely does), should our physicians be doing more? The answer seems to be yes, but the problem is that docs aren't doing much in terms of preventative care for their patients.

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Reports of the death of renewable energy in Europe are greatly exaggerated

Adam Scott | Posted 04.25.2012 | Canada
Read More: Market, Energy, Subsidy, Solar, Deadly, Germany, Ontario, Renewable, Green, Failure, Eu, Europe, China, Denmark, Wind Power, Doldrums, Election, Canada News
Adam Scott

Opponents of renewable energy can't make up their mind. One moment they claim the cost of green energy subsidies programs is too high, the next they c...

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Vermont Wind Farm Site Meets Occupation of Its Own

John Laforet | Posted 12.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: Wind Power, Shirley Nelson, Wind Energy, Vermont, Lowell Mountains, Don Nelson, Denmark, Clear Cutting, Mountaintop Removal, Lowell Vermont, Green Mountain Power, Don and Shirley Nelson, Gmp, Civil Disobedience, Occupation, Occupy Wall Street, Wind Farm, Wind Turbine, Canada News
John Laforet

While OWS entered it's second week of high-profile coverage, an occupation of a very different kind began taking place in Vermont. Concerned citizens have worked together to oppose Green Mountain Power's bid to clear-cut 134 acres of ridge top to install 21 industrial wind turbines in this environmentally-sensitive area.

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Denmark's Big Fat Tax (and What it Means for Us)

David Gratzer | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada
Read More: Fat Tax, Public Health, Soda Tax, United States, Canada, Obesity, Tobacco, Denmark, Michael Nutter, Junk Food Tax, Bill Monning, Calorie Tax, Arizona, Fast Food Tax, Medicaid, Health Care, Canada News
David Gratzer

Only you can manage your own diet and your own calorie intake. No government, no restaurant, no physician can do it for you. It's this complexity that makes personal health responsibility so important in reversing the obesity epidemic.

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Denmark's 'Fat Tax' A World First

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Fat Tax, Danish Confederation of Industries, Nutrition, Denmark Fat Tax, Taxation, Obesity, Jakob Axel Nielsen, Oecd, Hungary Hamburger Law, Denmark, Canada Business News

COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Denmark has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits. The Nordic country...

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