Lifestyle Articles

Back-to-school time is in full swing! For busy parents, that means even more hectic schedules.  Between managing work, after-school activities, and weekend sports, who has time for planning healthy meals for your family?  It can be very challenging to provide balanced nutritious meals and maintain your waistline.  Weight management can...

Each month of the year has it’s own health observations to bring light to the wellness issues that impact our society.  With children going back to school, this September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Growing obesity rates affect not only adults, but children and adolescents, too. Currently one out...

By: Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, FAND -- I am not a fan of willpower. It isn’t because I don’t have any. It’s because willpower is unreliable. It’s there during one chocolate craving, but gone the next. Willpower might keep you from digging into the chip bag several afternoons in a...

Who wouldn’t want to get more done in less time? Like most of my clients, I lead a busy life. I bet you do too. Some overworked and busy people don’t prioritize healthful meals because they think they don’t have time. Fortunately, you don’t need tons of time to make...

By: Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, FAND -- In Part 1, I shared tips to stock up on healthy convenience foods and to get a head start on food preparation. In this post, I give you the lowdown on some time-saving tools and gadgets. Digital Food Scale This tool saves...

By: Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, FAND -- The number of people who still consider sleep to be a luxury surprises me. I see even health conscious people sacrifice sleep to get more done or have more fun. But the reasons to get a good night’s sleep are as important...