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Eat Healthy in No (or Little) Time

AMY GARDNER / June 21, 2012

Want to eat healthy but short on time?  Here are a few tips to streamline healthy eating for you and your family. 1.  Plan Ahead Planning is key to eating healthy with limited time.  Invest 15-30 minutes a week into planning...

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What’s For Dinner?

AMY GARDNER / May 8, 2012

Jackie Ballou, MS, RD Eating dinner as a family holds benefits that go beyond nutrition.  Kids who eat more family meals at home are more apt to have better quality diets than those who eat more meals out.  Research shows...

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Obesity Intervention in Schools: Are We Helping or Hurting?

AMY GARDNER / February 15, 2012

Recently there has been a big push for nutrition education and physical activity in elementary and middle schools in effort to fight childhood obesity.  The increase in obesity we’re seeing in children is certainly a cause for concern and one that should be addressed on...

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BPA Alert!

AMY GARDNER / November 15, 2011

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type...

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Eating For Life Alliance

AMY GARDNER / October 17, 2011

We’d like to spread the word about a great local resource for universities, their students and families.  The Eating for Life Alliance is an organization dedicated to connecting colleges communities to eating disorder information, protocols and national experts in the field.  We encourage you...

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Are High School Athletes Starving to Win?

AMY GARDNER / October 10, 2011

Now that fall sports are in full swing, this seems like a timely topic.  Most eating disorder professionals see an increase in referrals this time of year.  The fall is a time of transition.  For students, the potential for stress increases along with academic...

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Lip-Smackin’, Toe Tappin’ Healthy Mac & Cheese!

AMY GARDNER / August 14, 2011

Looking for a healthy comfort food?  Then this mac & cheese recipe is a must-try.  Leave it to Eating Well to masterfully makeover this classic comfort food.  It received rave reviews from my family.  My toddler gave it a resounding “yum,...

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“Mommyrexia”, a dangerous trend

AMY GARDNER / August 5, 2011

The Today Show did a great segment on celebrity pregnancy last week.  Dr. Nancy Snyderman weighed in on the unhealthy message skinny pregnant women are sending to the general public angrily stating it’s an “upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem”....

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Is Your Toddler Getting Enough Iron?

AMY GARDNER / July 26, 2011

Iron is an essential nutrient for toddlers.  Yet, it’s often deficient in their diets.  Unfortunately, the foods toddlers typically prefer (i.e. crackers, yogurt, cheese and fruit) are not great sources of iron.  A pediatrician recently mentioned that many parents misperceive milk as...

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Going Greek with Your Yogurt?

AMY GARDNER / July 20, 2011

Have you noticed the transformation in the yogurt selection over the past few years?  If not, you probably don’t eat much yogurt.  It’s hard to miss the Greek yogurt trend.  So, what makes this yogurt so special?  Here’s an article summarizing it’s...

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