Seven Ways Your Hotel Can Make You Healthier

Now if they’d only consider adding some vegetarian and gluten free menu items. It’s really not that difficult. BJ’s pizza added gluten free years ago. [...]

Dietary Guidelines Offers Practitioners Insight On Obesity Epidemic

This report indicates that the US population consumes inadequate nutrient-rich foods such as whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and over consumes calorie-dense, nutrient-poor foods that include solid fats, added sugars, salt, and refined grains. The result is a population that is overfed and undernourished. [...]

TV Bombards Children With Commercials For High-Fat And High-Sugar Foods

Literacy training can help children and adolescents understand both the economic motivations behind food advertising and the strategies used by industry to increase desire for their products. Greater awareness of the potential influence of industry may immunize young people from food advertising’s deleterious effects. In addition to literacy, able to read, how do we use social media to promote the “Is It Healthy” Game? [...]

Just One Session Of Exercise Can Improve Metabolic Health In Overweight Patients With Insulin Sensitivity

Exercise decreases everyone’s insulin resistance and therefore reduces the chances of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes. This study shows that even a single bout of exercise helps obese individuals increase their body’s fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health. In other words, you still have to “move it” to “lose it”. [...]