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Eating Healthy While on Vacation

July 3, 2013

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This guest post was contributed by Cole Millen.  Cole is an avid traveler and foodie who never forgets that life’s best memories are made through real life apprehension of legitimate “experiences.”  Follow his blog at Cole’s Mill. How to Maintain a Healthy Diet on a Family Vacation Whether it is the call of the glorious sunshine […]

Childhood Obesity: The Elephant in the Room

March 30, 2012

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Since March is National Nutrition Month, and because I’m still on my pediatrics clerkship, I thought “What better time to write about childhood obesity?” In recent years, childhood overweight and obesity statistics have received a good deal of media attention, but this has done little to slow their rise.  Data from the National Health and […]

Harvard Researchers Challenge Conventional Weight Loss Wisdom

July 19, 2011

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As we are reminded that obesity is still a problem in America, and the USDA tries again to revise its image, it becomes more important by the day to help people learn how to stop the process of packing on those extra pounds each year.  A long-term study recently published in the New England Journal […]

Weekend Health Wrap-Up | February 12th, 2011

February 12, 2011

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Good morning, here’s a sample of what’s been cooking recently in the world of health research: Diet Soda May Carry Cardiovascular Risk:  In a preliminary report published this week, researchers suggested that “diet soda is not an optimal substitute for sugar-sweetened beverages, and may pose a greater risk of stroke, MI or vascular death than […]