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Soda Politics: A Discussion with Dr. Marion Nestle
By Chris Radlicz Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease – A Condition of our Culture, or Cultures of our Condition?
By Allison Dostal, PhD Gastrointestinal problems are one of the most common unpleasant issues that we all experience at some
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How accurate are dietary intake apps and what improvements need to be made?
By Emma Partridge Dietary tracking applications (apps) have become quite sophisticated over the years, moving from manual entering of a
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Living the Mediterranean Lifestyle
The Mediterranean Diet is based on the eating patterns in the Mediterranean region and focuses on fruits, vegetables, fish, whole
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Spotty labeling confused this customer…the lesson I learned about rBST labeling
By Mary Scourboutakos Living in Canada, I was never worried about recombinant bovine somatotropin hormone, aka rBST. This synthetic hormone,
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ACCN15: Navigating the New Obesity Guidelines and Algorithms
By Celez Suratos, MS, RD, ACCN15 Blogger It’s no surprise that obesity was one of the many topics covered at
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ACCN15: Carb Recommendations for Diabetes Nutrition Management
By Celez Suratos, MS, RD, ACCN15 Blogger An individual only needs two things to easily access a myriad of information:
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ACCN15: Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Encourage Lifestyle Changes/Weight Loss
By Celez Suratos, MS, RD, ACCN15 Blogger Motivational interviewing (MI) is a technique used to incite positive behavior change. It
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Are All Sugars Created Equal? Let’s Talk Fructose Metabolism
By Chris Radlicz According to NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 2005-2010 the average American consumes about 20 teaspoons
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