Healthy Lifestyle

As a registered dietitian, I’ve been trained to encourage people to eat in moderation. Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? So, well, er … moderate. I was feeling pretty smug about the moderation message until recently when someone threw down a tweeted gauntlet. What IS moderation? There it was. The tweet was...

Spring is here with warmer days reminding us that summer is just around the corner with vacations and fun times outdoors. But as so often happens, a few extra pound have crept on over the cold winter months and we’re looking for ways to shed them before swimsuit season. Instead...

The resolutions have been made – perhaps you’ve vowed to save more money, fix up your house, become more organized and, of course, eat less (or more healthy) and exercise more. It probably seems like just about every person you’ve seen since the beginning of the New Year has stated...

"National Survey: Rollercoaster Dieting in Full Swing; Two-thirds of Americans on diet do-over within the year" ATLANTA (May 11, 2011) — During the past 12 months, 103 million Americans (45% of adults) were successful in losing weight. Yet, two-thirds of these dieters were not able to keep the weight off past...

According to a team of U.S. doctors, obesity screening should start in the cradle. In a recent study, the doctors found that half of the nation's children with weight problems became overweight before age two. The "critical period for preventing childhood obesity" in the children observed in the study would have been...

With two-thirds of U.S. adults and almost one-third of children and adolescents overweight or obese, a new report shows that a diverse range of consumers are increasingly focused on weight loss and weight maintenance within a broadening context of personal health and lifestyle issues. The report, which was issued by market...