Here's the revelation! Being thin and healthy, eating what you like yet liking yourself, and controlling your weight without fixating on it for the rest of your life is not about natural gifts, but about the gift of knowing how.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
RIP Norah Ephron...my favorite movie of all time (OK, on the 10-best list) is 'Heartburn' with aching Meryl Streep and hateful Jack Nicholson (he is sooo hateful! and hilarious!) http://ping.fm/bPMAo
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
This is Smart Marketing! The Westin Hotel chain has partnered with New Balance! Don't bother packing the workout clothes...they provide...http://ping.fm/DrkC9
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Study: 96% of restaurant entrees exceed USDA limits http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2012-05-16/not-so-healthy-meals/55029368/1
Monday, May 14, 2012
Tonight is the premiere of The Weight of the Nation, a four part HBO documentary series that takes an unflinching look at America’s obesity epidemic. The series airs tonight, May 14, and tomorrow evening, beginning at 8:00 pm ET/PT on HBO and online at http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.
An unprecedented collaboration with the Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health, and with funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, The Weight of the Nation draws on interviews with many of the nation’s leading experts, including Margo Wootan, DSc, director of nutrition policy at Center for Science in the Public Interest.
“We really have to come together as a nation and treat this as a priority,” says Margo in Part 1: “Consequences,” which begins the series by exploring the grave health consequences of being overweight or obese. Margo has lead efforts to require calorie labeling at chain restaurants, improve school foods, and reduce junk-food marketing aimed at children. She appears throughout the series.
In Part 3: “Children In Crisis,” Margo presents a nuanced perspective on the environmental factors that have led 32% of America’s young people to become overweight or obese. “Government has a responsibility to act, but they’re not the whole answer,” she explains. “We also need companies to step up, to reformulate their products, to change their marketing practices and to make healthy options available in restaurants.”
I applaud Margo’s role in The Weight of the Nation, and I hope that you will tune in tonight and tomorrow to view this groundbreaking documentary series. Please share it via email, Facebook, and Twitter, and use it educate your family and friends about ways to address this epidemic. The documentary will be available online, free of charge, at http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.
Thank you, in advance, for helping to spread this important message.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Jacobson
Executive Director
Center for Science in the Public Interest
An unprecedented collaboration with the Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health, and with funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, The Weight of the Nation draws on interviews with many of the nation’s leading experts, including Margo Wootan, DSc, director of nutrition policy at Center for Science in the Public Interest.
“We really have to come together as a nation and treat this as a priority,” says Margo in Part 1: “Consequences,” which begins the series by exploring the grave health consequences of being overweight or obese. Margo has lead efforts to require calorie labeling at chain restaurants, improve school foods, and reduce junk-food marketing aimed at children. She appears throughout the series.
In Part 3: “Children In Crisis,” Margo presents a nuanced perspective on the environmental factors that have led 32% of America’s young people to become overweight or obese. “Government has a responsibility to act, but they’re not the whole answer,” she explains. “We also need companies to step up, to reformulate their products, to change their marketing practices and to make healthy options available in restaurants.”
I applaud Margo’s role in The Weight of the Nation, and I hope that you will tune in tonight and tomorrow to view this groundbreaking documentary series. Please share it via email, Facebook, and Twitter, and use it educate your family and friends about ways to address this epidemic. The documentary will be available online, free of charge, at http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/films.
Thank you, in advance, for helping to spread this important message.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Jacobson
Executive Director
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Monday, May 7, 2012
Boo, Dr. Oz! Man, ratings must be bad for him to be promoting dietary supplements...good story here from fellow dietitian Julie Upton http://ping.fm/cdPOS
Monday, April 30, 2012
Diabetes progresses more rapidly in children than in adults and is harder to treat. http://ping.fm/i7vKC
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
I'd like to hear what Adam Drewnewski who studies this topic would say about these two studies: Studies Question the Pairing of Food Deserts and Obesity; http://ping.fm/BTZ7d
Monday, April 16, 2012
http://ping.fm/qDitq
new study shows that weight loss basics work best...eat less fat, exercise more, structured program...
new study shows that weight loss basics work best...eat less fat, exercise more, structured program...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
http://ping.fm/sbnwD No one is asking the most obvious question. How did the surgery cure the diabetes? Did the surgeons simply cut out the diabetes like a cancerous tumor?
No. The patients in the studies changed their diet.
No. The patients in the studies changed their diet.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
http://ping.fm/f2oe7 NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH IS EVERYWHERE
Visitors to New York City's Times Square found a special reminder to "Get Your Plate in Shape" among the city's bright lights. The National Nutrition Month graphic was featured on an electronic billboard several times on March 1st.
Visitors to New York City's Times Square found a special reminder to "Get Your Plate in Shape" among the city's bright lights. The National Nutrition Month graphic was featured on an electronic billboard several times on March 1st.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
http://ping.fm/UK0Ai Call on a Registered Dietitian for Trusted Advice! Happy Registered Dietitian Day
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
http://ping.fm/JcUmm Then today's NY Times' Arthur Brisbane's piece regarding the paper's coverage of Iran's nuclear "program": "In recent months I have heard from many readers concerned that The New York Times is falling for this siren song, the narrative of war, in its coverage of Iran’s nuclear program."
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Dr. Len Kravitz at the U of New Mexico was final speaker for Symposium...motivated everyone to find time to be active! http://ping.fm/mFyhG
Sunday, February 26, 2012
I forgot how much I love Kashi Pilaf! Made this for Ken and Rusty for dinner on Thursday, and Ken said he'd be happy to eat it 7 nights a week...so I made it again last night! http://ping.fm/MxdBW
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Screening children for high cholesterol? Prevention of heart disease starts by adopting healthy lifestyles for kids, which requires parents to, of course, be the role models for that behavior. http://ping.fm/ExWu4
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Oh my word! at first blush I thought, "yuk!", but then I read that it would save millions of gallons of water, pounds of grain, and of course, cows! http://ping.fm/Ty783
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Listen to this podcast from yesterday's Science Friday from NPR: fascinating commentary from Robert Lustig about effects of refined sugar consumption http://ping.fm/0AnOx
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Research confirms that drinking water or diet beverages help you lose weight (compared to sugary soda)...Hmm! News at 11! http://ping.fm/1a0Lb
Monday, February 13, 2012
the new issue of Childhood Obesity features a letter from Mrs. Obama, and this wonderful piece from Dr. David Katz, from Yale's Prevention Research Center http://ping.fm/w6f5W
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Back from the US Virgin Islands...thanks to Julie and Jeff for being such great hosts on St John http://ping.fm/dF8nw
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A Call to Action for Diabetes Self-Management Training Coverage--a letter from the NCBDE
We need your help.
In the past the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have introduced legislation to improve diabetes self-management training. Unfortunately, these legislative initiatives never became law. We have a chance now to change that.
On August 1, 2011, Representative Ed Whitifield (R-KY) introduced H.R. 2787 to the U.S. House of Representatives. The next day Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced S.1468. Both bills are titled the Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 and are virtually identical.
This legislation, if passed, will amend title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under Medicare Part B.
Additionally, it directs the Comptroller General to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes to access self-management training services under the Medicare program.
Finally, it directs the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.
The House of Representatives bill currently has 12 co-sponsors, and is in the House Subcommittee on Health. The Senate bill has 9 co-sponsors, and is in the Senate Committee on Finance. We need to generate as much support as possible for this legislation.
NCBDE Chair Susanna Robinson, NCBDE CEO Lance Hoxie, and I visited with 5 Congressional offices in Washington, DC in mid-November seeking their support. We will continue this effort, but we need your help to make a bigger impact and generate more support for both bills. One of the best things you can do is to contact your Representative and Senator and ask them to support the legislation by becoming a co-sponsor of S.1468, and H.R. 2787. A sample letter is attached that you can customize quickly and send to your Representative. Click here to access the sample letter on the NCBDE Web site. http://ping.fm/CePiL
Not sure who your Representative is? Go to this website - http://www.house.gov/ and type your zip code into the box on the top right of the page to find your Representative.
If you need more information, have a question, or need help writing the letter please contact me at wdelk@goamp.com or call me 202-253-7862. When you do write a letter, please send a quick email to me (wdelk@goamp.com) with a copy of your letter so we can track the progress of this effort.
Have your voices heard. With your support we can make this bill become law.
Wade Delk
NCBDE Governmental Affairs
www.ncbde.org
We need your help.
In the past the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have introduced legislation to improve diabetes self-management training. Unfortunately, these legislative initiatives never became law. We have a chance now to change that.
On August 1, 2011, Representative Ed Whitifield (R-KY) introduced H.R. 2787 to the U.S. House of Representatives. The next day Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced S.1468. Both bills are titled the Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2011 and are virtually identical.
This legislation, if passed, will amend title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or registered health care professionals who are certified diabetes educators in an outpatient setting as authorized providers of Medicare diabetes outpatient self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under Medicare Part B.
Additionally, it directs the Comptroller General to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes to access self-management training services under the Medicare program.
Finally, it directs the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.
The House of Representatives bill currently has 12 co-sponsors, and is in the House Subcommittee on Health. The Senate bill has 9 co-sponsors, and is in the Senate Committee on Finance. We need to generate as much support as possible for this legislation.
NCBDE Chair Susanna Robinson, NCBDE CEO Lance Hoxie, and I visited with 5 Congressional offices in Washington, DC in mid-November seeking their support. We will continue this effort, but we need your help to make a bigger impact and generate more support for both bills. One of the best things you can do is to contact your Representative and Senator and ask them to support the legislation by becoming a co-sponsor of S.1468, and H.R. 2787. A sample letter is attached that you can customize quickly and send to your Representative. Click here to access the sample letter on the NCBDE Web site. http://ping.fm/CePiL
Not sure who your Representative is? Go to this website - http://www.house.gov/ and type your zip code into the box on the top right of the page to find your Representative.
If you need more information, have a question, or need help writing the letter please contact me at wdelk@goamp.com or call me 202-253-7862. When you do write a letter, please send a quick email to me (wdelk@goamp.com) with a copy of your letter so we can track the progress of this effort.
Have your voices heard. With your support we can make this bill become law.
Wade Delk
NCBDE Governmental Affairs
www.ncbde.org
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Genetics and family history can predict whether you will become obese but then so can your ZIP code," says Adam Drewnowski http://ping.fm/4aYkQ
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