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...
by walkabilly | Apr 23, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
By Shelby Huffman Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot just announced the country’s newest vaccination policy, under which parents who refuse to vaccinate their children will no longer be able to claim subsidies (1). But will this really do anything to...
by walkabilly | Mar 30, 2015 | Shelby Huffman
by Shelby Huffman Today I applaud the government of Saskatchewan for joining the rest of Canada’s provinces in banning the use of tanning beds by people under the age of 18. Banning tanning bed use by minors is rapidly gaining support around the world- a number...
by walkabilly | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Just saw this video via BoingBoing. The focus here is teens but according to the Traffic Accident Information System (TAIS) of SGI distracted/inattentive driving accounts for 14.8% (49) of fatal collisions in Saskatchewan. My guess is there is some overlap between...
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