Professor Veronica Jamnik casts doubt on whether wearing special shaping garments can burn calories

Can an undergarment fast-track your workout routine by helping you burn calories on days you don't get to the gym? Amy Verner,  The Globe and Mail's style columnist, interviewed York Professor Veronica Jamnik about such claims July 22: Designed by Canadian chiropractor Denise Perron and launched in June, the knee-length ShaToBu (as in SHApe, TOne, […]

York professor studying how mobile devices like a BlackBerry can help manage your weight

For York University researcher and health psychologist Paul Ritvo, a professor in York’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, the BlackBerry has potential to help manage chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, wrote the Toronto Star April 18: Ritvo has pioneered a study, currently underway, that hopes to explore […]