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If you're like me, you like sitting - and you spend most of your day doing it. I sit while writing, while eating and while watching episodes of The Good Wife. I even sit when I'm exercising – thank you stationary bike.

With obesity rates among adults and children increasing in Canada and the U.S., more public health experts and advocates are beginning to look at how food addiction, which many argue is parallel to problems related to drugs and alcohol, may be contributing to the issue.

Whether you're suffering from insomnia or have difficulty falling asleep from time to time, this roundup of sleep-better solutions is sure to help you get a better night's rest

How would you like to diet less but lose more?

In our final chat about Grace McCleen’s debut novel, Alex, Lora and I revel in the brilliance of McCleen’s writing. She beautifully balances the darkness of the book’s themes of bullying and isolation with the humorous, engaging voice of 10-year-old heroine, Judith, and manages to surprise us along the way.

There is something so classic and cool about a denim jacket - it is sleek, can be worn with just about everything and is one of those closet staples that you can pull out season after season

My wife doesn’t cook, but she does lots of other stuff. If I were in charge of finances we’d be living in a cardboard box. Food is my domain, and I’m mediocre at it. Well, let’s say I’m “pretty good.”

Are modern women being put under increasing pressure to be “perfect” mothers? And is this pressure to the detriment not only of women’s individual mental health, but also to the detriment of the second sex’s relatively recent strides for equality?

Happiness is truly a rallying cry these days. Whether it’s used to market products such as pop or is the central theme of top-selling books, we’re interested in it and want to know more about it. And so it’s also become the spark behind the latest campaign for Toronto’s SickKids Foundation, the not-for-profit fundraising arm of The Hospital for Sick Children.

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This healthy and delicious tahini dip with crisp asparagus spears will become a party favourite.

Smoked cheddar lends big flavour to this basic grits recipe.