Last night, my third lecture topic for Obesity and Weight Management was Pediatric Overweight and Obesity. In case you couldn’t tell by former blog posts I have written, I get pretty fired up about this topic. Last year, I wrote a blog post about the...
My current field is nutrition education (specifically with children/schools) so anything that involves schools, nutrition, education, and childhood obesity/health is on my radar. “Child nutrition programs” National School Lunch School Breakfast Program After School Snack program Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program These are programs that...
Anyone watch Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Season 2? I think it is an exciting “reality tv show” that is ultimately for a good cause. Because Americans love reality TV (myself included), it seems like a great way to push the right buttons! It almost offends...
September 2010 marks the first National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. In the past 40 years, obesity rates in the U.S have been soaring for youth ages 6-11 years. Statistics are nothing short of alarming when opportunities are present each day to change them! Healthier Kids,...
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