More Evidence on Menu Labeling
In early October, a study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation revealed menu labeling did not affect decision making about food choices. These results were disappointing – as cities around ...
View ArticleMr. Obama: Unite The Health Of Our State With The State Of Our Health
My fellow Americans: President Obama read through nearly half of his 2010 State of the Union speech Wednesday evening before he arrived at, and all-too-briefly reviewed, what I still consider ...
View ArticleMichelle Obama: Taking on Obesity
In his State of the Union Address Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama praised First Lady Michelle Obama for “creating a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity and ...
View ArticleChronic Monday: Is the Key to Women’s Weight and Health a Drink (or Three) Away?
Women everywhere are confused – one day having an alcoholic beverage is beneficial to our health (and some speculate our sanity) and the next day it’s not. Even health media ...
View ArticleFood Friday: Can the FDA Light Up Our Brains?
A few weeks ago, I was listening to a radio interview with Sheena Iyengar who was discussing the research she did for her new book The Art of Choosing. Iyengar ...
View ArticleMy Recess by the River
On May 19th, at the Benning Stoddert Recreation Center, the American Heart Association hosted an event that fused food, nutrition education and physical activity for the District’s children from Wards...
View ArticleVideo and board games to replace PE and Health classes?
Last week, my colleague Arianna and I attended the Social Marketing and Games Symposium at George Washington University. The panelistsdiscussed the use of interactive video games as well as traditional...
View ArticleWhere Are We Going?
Yesterday Maggie Fox (@maggiemfox) wrote a great piece regarding an American Heart Association study about the current trend in obesity and the health of Americans. The piece was based on a 10 ...
View ArticleComing To A Crossroad: Paula Deen, Diabetes and Me
If your office is anything like ours, celebrity chef Paula Deen’s diabetes announcement has become quite the topic of conversation over the past week. As I read the coverage online and ...
View ArticleTell Me Something I Don’t Know: Food Fact Frustrations
Do you ever find yourself asking: why is America fat? It’s certainly not due to a lack of information about nutrition. New research comes out pretty much daily. For instance, ...
View ArticleBlaming the Victim: Food vs. Fat Folly
I recently took to Spectrum’s blog to vent a bit about the confusing nutritional landscape. I asked the question “with all the great nutritional research available, why are so many ...
View ArticleHungry Kids and the New School Lunch Guidelines
New federal laws, designed to create healthier public school lunches, took effect on October 1. The new guidelines are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The initiative ...
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