Nutrition

Excess toppings make it easy for kids to pack on calories and fat

If you’re trying to cook healthier and serve your kids the correct food portions, something to watch out for are toppings, sauces and other add-ons. In many cases, parents allow their kids to dish up their own sauces and toppings, without discussing health cons, thus, kids are getting way more calories in a day then they should. [...]

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Portion control tips for at home and at restaurants

The other day we looked at how food portion sizes have spiraled out of control here in the U.S. To learn more, read the following post: Child food portions are excessive in the United States Below are some tips you can use at home or when your family eats at a resturant to combat super-sized food portions, excess calories [...]

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Child food portions are excessive in the United States

Everyone seems to think junk food causes weight gain, but really too much of any food can cause excess weight. Your child may eat healthy foods like whole grains, fish and veggies but if portion sizes are too large, it may be a moot point. Healthy eating isn’t just about the type of food but [...]

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Health Benefits of Meatless Monday

Meatless Monday is an international non-profit movement that encourages folks to go meatless one day a week in order to improve personal health and the health of the planet. Part of The Monday Campaigns, Meatless Monday is associated with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Why go meatless more often? Going vegetarian (meatless full-time) [...]

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How do calories and your basal metabolic rate work?

Let’s look at a quick primer about how body weight and calories works. This information can be hyper boring and hard to understand. Even when I was in college RN nutrition classes, some students struggled to get this stuff. Still, it’s important to understand how calories and weight work in order to understand why portion sizes, [...]

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Why the NYC proposed soda ban is a good idea

The news that NYC is attempting to enact a soda ban has created some controversy. To sum up the situation, Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to halt sales of super-sized sodas and other over-sized sugary drinks in order to combat the growing obesity epidemic. What would the ban mean? The proposed ban, if passed, would prohibit sales [...]