by walkabilly | Jul 26, 2017 | Faramarz Dorani
by Faramarz Dorani History of Smart-watches Smart-watches and fitness wearables are effectively computers that bring functionalities well beyond time keeping. Smart-watches can track health data such as heart rate, steps count, distance walking, sleep hours, answer...
by walkabilly | Jul 14, 2017 | Desiree van Heerden
By Desiree van Heerden Over the last decade, the use of wearable fitness devices has become increasingly popular. These trackers are marketed as a simple and effective way to keep track of your daily exercise and diet. Many wearables take the form of smart watches,...
by walkabilly | Jun 26, 2017 | Hui (Henry) Luan
by Hui (Henry) Luan Canadians eat away from home more often than ever before! According to the report on Canada’s Restaurant Industry, over 35% of Canadians rank eating out in a restaurant as their top preferred activity with friends and families, and over 60% of...
by walkabilly | Sep 14, 2016 | Brett Holloway
by Brett Holloway The Olympic Games are a monumental, global event which accommodates over 13,000 athletes from over 200 countries. Displaying the absolute peak of physical performance, athletic prowess and mental toughness, the games present one of the ultimate forms...
by walkabilly | Dec 3, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
By Shelby Huffman Local public health advocates recently celebrated a victory with the decision by Saskatoon city counselors to ban the use of electronic-cigarettes in public places1. While the use of the e-cigarettes has been condemned by several prominent...
by walkabilly | Aug 19, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
By Shelby Huffman Last month, the New York Times’ Well Blog ran two posts about children’s screen time. The first lists a number of ways in which excessive screen time is harming today’s children (1), and the second is a call for parents to set a good example and...
by walkabilly | Aug 6, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
By Shelby Huffman Transportation is an important determinant of health, and the two may be more closely related than researchers previously recognized. You might be familiar with the idea that designing cities for cars is bad for health because it promotes inactivity....
by walkabilly | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last November a report from the McKinsey Global Institute estimated the global economic impact of obesity to be $2 trillion, which is on par with the impacts of smoking and armed conflicts (1). This report emphasizes that a problem of this scale requires a systemic...
by walkabilly | May 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, Tim De Chant of Per Square Mile wrote about the relationship between income inequality and tree cover in cities (1), citing a 2012 study which found that demand for forest cover increased and decreased with income (2). He also found that the results...
by walkabilly | May 20, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
By Shelby Huffman The tobacco industry wrote, and continues to write, the playbook on circumventing attempts at regulation- from targeting overseas markets with lax restrictions and bullying them out of attempts to create any restrictions (1), to that almost comically...
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