Hear No Evidence. See No Evidence. Speak No Evidence.
How Omission, Commission and Downright Stupidity Shaped Canada's Food Guide — and Why You Should Care
Should you really follow Canada's Food Guide? Come out and learn why the second-most-requested government document (after tax returns) may be bad for your and our nation's health.
Who:
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, CCFP, Dip ABBM, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa; Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute
What:
Hear No Evidence. See No Evidence. Speak No Evidence.
How Omission, Commission and Downright Stupidity Shaped Canada's Food Guide—and Why You Should Care (In English)
Where:
Desmarais Building, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa. Free parking in the Desmarais Building garage.
When:
Saturday, May 11, 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Why:
Refresh your mind! Satisfy your thirst for knowledge—this time minus the homework.
Professor's notes
Please note that the professor's notes are in the language of the lecture.
Did you know that Canadians don't eat french fries or potato chips? That as a nation we've sworn off chocolate, wine and ketchup? That the average Canadian's diet is something we should strive to replicate? That we really don't need to avoid trans-fat? That 50 pounds of liquid calories a year will improve your health? That databases over a decade old are useful for scientific modelling? That the newest agricultural rage is juice trees?
While the creation of a food guide should involve the straightforward translation of our best available evidence regarding the impact of diet on chronic disease, the creation of the 2007 guide, a more than two-year-long affair, was anything but. Come out and learn why the second-most requested government document after tax returns may be bad for our nation's health, by means of a raucous romp through some of its most egregious and mind-boggling shortcomings and methodological boondoggles.
This is a free event. But space is limited. Register now.
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