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Travis Saunders & Peter Janiszewski

Obesity Panacea Podcast

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Obesity Panacea Podcast

Travis Saunders & Peter Janiszewski

Obesity Panacea Podcast

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Obesity Panacea Podcast

Travis Saunders & Peter Janiszewski

Obesity Panacea Podcast

A Health and Fitness podcast
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Apr 6th, 2014
Travis interviews Dr Zach Ferraro, whose research focuses on exercise in pregnancy.

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Jan 26th, 2014
Today Travis chats with PhD student Atif Kukaswadia about his research looking at the links between bullying, acculturation, and health.

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Jun 10th, 2012
Drs Jacqui Gingras and Arya Sharma debate whether obesity is a disease in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Jul 19th, 2011
In this episode I talk with Michele Simon, public health lawyer and author of Appetite for Profit. Michele argues against partnerships between health researchers and the food industry, and we discuss my recent conversation with Dr Diane Finegood, who is advocating for increased dialog and trust between research and ind...

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Jul 7th, 2011
In this episode Travis talks with Dr Diane Finegood of Simon Fraser University about the potential benefits and pitfalls of building relationships between obesity researchers and members of industry.  To leave a comment on this podcast please visit our blog at www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.

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Jun 24th, 2011
In this episode Travis speaks with Brazilian obesity researcher Nelson Nardo Jr.  To leave a comment on this post, please visit our website at www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.

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Jun 14th, 2011
Dr Yoni Freedhoff and Dr Bob Ross debate the relative importance of diet and exercise in promoting health body weights.  This event was hosted at the University of Ottawa in May of 2011, and was organized by the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professionals group at the University.To comment on this blog post...

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Jun 1st, 2011
In today's podcast Travis speaks with Dr Meghann Lloyd about the role that fundamental motor skills play in promoting lifelong physical activity.  The podcast is a follow-up to a blogpost on the same topic, which can be found here.  To leave a comment on this post, please visit our blog at www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypa...

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Apr 4th, 2011
Today's podcast includes the conclusion of Dr Angelo Tremblay's recent lecture on ways to prevent obesity in 2011 and beyond. In this section he focuses on the role of "preventive" pharmacology, most notably Ritalin, as well as taking a number of fascinating questions from the researchers and health professionals in t...

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Mar 23rd, 2011
In this episode Dr Angelo Tremblay discusses his recent experience in nutrition interventions related to the development of healthy school lunches, as well as the impact of the demonization of obesity on people's food-related behaviours.To view the slides that accompany this lecture, as well as other talks from Dr Tr...

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Mar 13th, 2011
This episode is Part 2 in our 5 Part series on preventing obesity with Dr Angelo Tremblay. In this episode Dr Tremblay discusses the relationship between mental work and obesity. To view the this podcast as a webinar (including Dr Tremblay's powerpoint slides) please visit www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.

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Mar 9th, 2011
This is Part 1 of a recent lecture from Dr Angelo Tremblay, a world-renowned obesity expert, discussing ways that we can prevent obesity in 2011 and beyond. In this episode he discusses the relationship between sleep and obesity. To view the slides that accompany this presentation, visit our blog at www.blogs.plos.org/...

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Feb 24th, 2011
In this episode Peter and I chat with Colby Vorland, author of the terrific nutrition research website, Nutritional Blogma (http://recomp.com/blogma/). For comments and feedback, please visit www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea, or send us at tweet @TravisSaunders.

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Jan 20th, 2011
In this episode Travis speaks with PhD student Atif Kukaswadia, whose research focuses on the relationship between obesity and bullying. We discuss an unfortunate Gizmodo article which can be found here - http://goo.gl/eMLEO.As always, to leave comments or feedback visit us at www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.

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Jan 12th, 2011
Peter and Travis discuss their different approaches to incorporating exercise in the work-day, as well as comments and suggestions from their readers.Peter's original post on the topic can be found here:http://goo.gl/lqx3VTravis' Scientific American post on sedentary physiology can be found here:http://goo.gl/B...

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Dec 1st, 2010
Travis speaks with Scicurious about an interesting new study which suggests that diet and exercise can prevent and/or undo age-related damage in the neuromuscular junction. This podcast involves an in-depth discussion of this study's results, so to see the images that we are discussing you can visit Scicuious' origina...

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Nov 16th, 2010
Travis talks with obesity researcher Zach Ferraro, who is currently studying the impact of maternal lifestyle on fetal development and the risk of childhood obesity.To comment on this or any podcast, visit our website at http://www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.To learn more about Zach Ferraro's research, or to becom...

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Sep 21st, 2010
Travis and Peter chat with fellow science bloggers and young researchers Jason Goldman, Christie Wilcox, and Scicurious. Topics include field research, the work that we are currently doing in our labs, and our thoughts on recent developments in the science blogosphere. You can visit our respective blogs at:Obesit...

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Jul 28th, 2010
Travis talks with Dr Onywera about the Kenyan obesity epidemic, the way that Kenyan society views obesity, and projects that he is working on to try to prevent obesity among his countrymen.

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Jul 1st, 2010
In this episode Travis chats with fellow ScienceBloggers and graduate students Jason Goldman, Christie Wilcox, and Scicurious about how we chose our current labs, things we wish we had known before we had started grad school, and where we want to end up once it's all over.We'd love to hear about your grad school expe...

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Jun 10th, 2010
Travis discusses the strengths and limitations of self-report measurements with researcher, grad student, and blogger Jason Goldman of the Thoughtful Animal (www.scienceblogs.com/thoughtfulanimal).To join the conversation, visit scienceblogs.com/obesitypanacea.

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May 3rd, 2010
Peter and Travis discuss Peter's latest publication in the International Journal of Obesity, which can be found at - http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo201075a.html.For more Obesity Panacea please visit our site at www.scienceblogs.com/obesitypanacea

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Apr 1st, 2010
Junkfood taxes vs healthy food subsidies - which results in healthier food purchases? www.scienceblogs.com/obesitypanacea

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Jan 26th, 2010
Balls, bikes, and skateboards are banned from various schools. Is this the best way to ensure the health and safety of our youth?

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