Obesity
How can we implement better health behaviors in cancer survivors?
Lifestyle interventions targeted at obtaining/maintaining a healthy body weight and/or incorporating physical activity and healthy eating habits have great potential
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I eat what you eat: Maternal Nutrition and Epigenetics
Potential mothers, new mothers and mothers of multiples often worry about how their nutrition will affect their children. With the
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Breastmilk from a Bottle and Obesity Risk
As a new parent you can go no longer than 24 hours without hearing the phrase “Breast is Best.” I
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Moving Beyond BMI – An Evaluation of an Alternative Adiposity Index and Mortality Risk
By Caitlin Dow, Student Blogger Body Mass Index. BMI, for short. Those three words tend to conjure up some intense
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Health Professionals Need More Nutrition Education. How Can We Deliver?
By Allison Dostal, PhD It’s not a revelation that most Americans would benefit from increased nutrition education and guidance. Newly
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Obesity is Not a Disease of Sloth and Gluttony
By Caitlin Dow, PhD The most recent data from the CDC indicates that approximately 35% of American adults have obesity
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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: 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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Small, Frequent Meals
Guest Post by ASN Member Hassan S. Dashti, PhD. Small, frequent meals, also referred to as grazing, picking, nibbling, and
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