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As the landscape of popular weight loss methods expands to include new medications, Eating Disorders Awareness Week — Feb. 1 to 7 — seems like a good opportunity to take a closer look at the possible negative effects of dieting and other approaches to losing weight.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Samantha Withnell and Lindsay Bodell of Western University explore the links between eating disorders and weight loss attempts, including dieting and off-label use of drugs like Ozempic.
They write, “popular weight-loss methods, whether they involve pills or ‘crash diets,’ often mimic symptoms of eating disorders. For example, intermittent fasting diets that involve long periods of fasting followed by short periods of food consumption may mimic and increase the risk of developing binge eating problems.”
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Patricia Nicholson
Health + Medicine Editor
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Although semaglutide drugs like Ozempic are indicated to treat Type 2 diabetes, they are increasingly prescribed off-label because of their observed effectiveness at inducing weight loss.
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Samantha Withnell, Western University; Lindsay Bodell, Western University
The demand for off-label weight loss drugs like Ozempic is concerning, because of the impact on weight stigma and the health risks of unsupervised weight loss, including developing eating disorders.
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NATO’s Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) is set to open this year in Montréal.
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Ryan Atkinson, Carleton University
Climate and environmental insecurity is set to grow in severity as the world warms. The upcoming launch of a new NATO climate change and security centre in Montréal aims to address these concerns.
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Violence against girls who wear hijabs is often situated in structural oppression, including gendered Islamophobia and white supremacy.
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Salsabel Almanssori, University of Windsor; Muna Saleh, Concordia University of Edmonton
Around the world, Muslim girls who wear hijabs are experiencing unique forms and heightened rates of gender and race-based violence.
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Students head back to class in Montréal, Jan. 9, 2024.
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Safeera Jaffer, McGill University; R. Nanre Nafziger, McGill University
The success of students, the education system and the future of our communities depend on the learning that children receive in schools today.
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Neuralink is developing devices that enable direct communication between the human brain and computers.
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Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University
Neuralink’s first human trial is more than just a technical milestone; it represents a major leap in potential human-computer interaction.
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In 2023, the House of Commons’ heritage committee passed a motion directing Hockey Canada to hand over a report from an investigation into allegations of sexual assault involving members of the 2018 world junior team.
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Joanna Pozzulo, Carleton University
Five world junior hockey players are facing sexual assault charges stemming from a 2018 incident. Research has shown that rape myths and social status can affect jurors’ perceptions in high-profile cases.
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La Conversation Canada
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Les palmarès des villes se concentrent souvent sur les facteurs économiques et de développement et négligent la durabilité et l'environnement.
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Georges A. Tanguay, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Juste Rajaonson, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Les indicateurs qui mesurent la qualité de vie d’une ville dans les palmarès ne disent pas tout, notamment en ce a trait à son développement durable.
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