School is wrapping up for the summer, but your kids can keep learning with educational subscription boxes. We know how tricky it can be to keep the kids learning once school is out, and we wanted to make it a little easier for you and your family. Spending quality time together as a family is…
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Pi Day? More Like Pi YAY!
Did you know that someone who loves learning, especially mathematics, is called a philomath? Regardless of whether you love or loathe math, March 14th represents an annual opportunity for food lovers to come together and celebrate Pi Day with pie-shaped foods. After all, who doesn’t love pie? You can celebrate with traditional dessert pies, pizza…
October is National Family Health Month
Many serious diseases run in families, including diabetes. Talking about health history with your family may make all the difference when it comes to preventing type 2 diabetes. If you have a mother, father, brother or sister with type 2 diabetes, you are at risk. Read more…
Portion Distortion in America
Anyone ordering fast food or eating at restaurants has probably noticed that food portions have gotten larger. Some portions are available to “super size”, while others have simply grown in size and…
Even Small Dietary Reductions in Salt Could Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths
Heart health month isn’t just about awareness but also about providing some simple solutions.
February is American Heart Month – Take steps to improve your heart health
Just in time for American Heart Month, the American Heart Association has introduced “My Life Check”, a personalized heart score and a custom plan using seven simple steps (the “Simple Seven”) to help you start improving your heart health.
Obesity has surpassed smoking in harming our health
The article titled “Trends in Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Contributed by Smoking and Obesity” really boils down to this: Obesity is equal or has surpassed smoking as a contributor to illness and the shortening of healthy life.
Elementary School Chef?
As parents, one of our most crucial responsibilities is to create independent adults. Too often however, we leave some of the most fundamental teachings until the very last minute.
New Year’s Recommitment – Improve your Diabetes Management for 2010
If you are ready to recommit yourself to managing your diabetes here are recommendations you should consider which are supported by all the major health organizations including the American Diabetes Association.
Setting SMART New Year’s Resolutions
So what is the right approach to setting those New Years resolutions? Here are a few tips that may help you achieve success this year.
Holiday Weight Management Tips with Brian Wansink
Brian Wansink is the Sherlock Holmes of food, discovering one reason after another how our food world drives us to eat. We would each do well, the nation would do well, to be mindful of what he recommends.
U.S. diabetes cases projected to double and costs to triple in 25 years
“In light of the sheer magnitude of costs associated with diabetes, policymakers and the public need to understand how these costs will change over the next decades and how new policies may alter these trends in costs.”