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There is growing opposition to the production and use of oil sands — also known as the tar sands — both within Alberta and nationally. The Alberta tar sands are the biggest oil production...

I think about food a lot. I think about how food affects my body and how I feel when I eat things. I like to know exactly what it is that I am eating....

Disordered eating has long been a byproduct of affluent societies. In places where food was no longer considered a scarcity, its consumption was calculated and manipulated. Although each society has what it generally considers...

When you hear “eating disorder,” does your brain flash to an image of an emaciated ballerina hiding uneaten food in her closet? This is the picture that society has put in our heads —...

When we think about how disordered eating is being challenged in media, we often think about all the work that is going into campaigns, ads and popular television. They are targeting women and girls...

I was in Colorado when I first got hit with this wave of dieting fads and “health interest.” As far as I can tell, this is also right about the time that the obesity...

How has it come to this? Between movies like Twilight and TV shows like The Vampire Diaries, the modern vampire appears more daft than horrific. It certainly hasn’t happened overnight, so maybe it’s possible...