THE MEDICAL RECORD: OVER A BILLION PEOPLE ARE OBESE GLOBALLY ACCORDING TO WHO

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Founder and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto, Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto.

This week: according to the World Health Organization (WHO), over a billion people globally are obese. So, what are the contributing factors of obesity and why has it become so widespread? Meanwhile, is Ontario at risk of a measles outbreak? Recently, a number of individuals contracted the highly contagious disease after travelling overseas. And then on February 19, York Region health officials diagnosed a man in his thirties even though he did not travel anywhere recently leaving the door open to the possibility that it was the result of community transmission.

ETOBICOKE TO GET RID OF ITS COAT OF ARMS + TORONTO TURNS 190

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Councillor Stephen Holyday for Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre and Deputy Mayor for the west area of the City, and Dr. Patrice Dutil, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.

We have just learned that the Etobicoke's coat of arms has been quietly removed. And, Toronto is celebrating its sesquicentennial today; the city turns 190 years old! Our guests react to the latest.

THE AFTERMATH OF SUPER TUESDAY AND NIKKI HALEY BOWS OUT

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Chris Cooper, Political Science Professor at Western Carolina University and Brad Polumbo,  a conservative commentator and editor-in-chief  & Co-Founder of BASEDPolitics.

Both U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won big this past Super Tuesday. And, Trump has a new advantage now that his adversary Nikki Haley has decided to bow out from the race. So are we about to see a Biden-Trump rematch?