Health halos
Fitness magazine, where I am an advisory board member, has a terrific article in its October issue entitled “The halo effect” written by my colleague Sally Kuzemchak, RD. Consumers often eat MORE when...
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New portion-size campaign: Cut your portions. Cut your risk.
Today, the NYC Health Department, very proactive in fighting obesity and other public health issues, launches a new ad campaign– Cut Your Portions. Cut Your Risk.–spotlighting the role of increasing...
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Michael Pollan’s Food Rules
As so many of us know, making—and sticking to–New Year’s resolutions rarely works for the long haul. In fact, we often make the same ones over and over, just to start again next year. It is already...
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Bigger coffee cups
How big can a coffee cup get? These days, very big! Reporting in The Journal of Queen’s University, Tim Hortons in Canada recently unveiled a new 710-ml (24 oz) Extra Large coffee cup. It is larger...
View ArticleNYC’s Portion Campaign Continues
A month ago, the NYC Department of Health launched a new campaign on portion sizes–Cut Your Portions. Cut Your Risk–featuring ads on subways encouraging New Yorkers to trim their portions to reduce...
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Eat Out Healthy
Dr. Joanne Lichten, known as Dr Jo, recently released a new book Eat Out Healthy. In this terrific book, Dr. Jo guides the reader through guilt free dining. She discusses “meal specifics”–including...
View ArticleWant to lose weight? Eat Less.
Two thirds of Americans are overweight and succeeding at weight loss is quite a challenge for many dieters. A new study just published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) reported...
View ArticleNutella sued over misleading health claims
Nutella sued over misleading health claims. Ferrero USA, the manufacturer of Nutella, the chocolate-hazelnut spread, is paying $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit as it had been misleading...
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Benefits of fruits and veggies: Eat MORE
Below is my latest blog post for Huffington Post on the benefits of fruits and veggies. Here is the link. According to new data published by the NPD Group, a market research firm, most American are not...
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Kosher Food and Wine Experience 2015 with a healthy twist
As I was getting ready to attend the 9th annual Kosher Food and Wine Experience (KFWE 15) held this year at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, I received an article with the headlines “Cheers!...
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