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Blog: A Dietitian’s Perspective on Halloween Candy

If you celebrated Halloween as a kid, you probably remember the rules around candy in your household. If you have children now, you...

Heart Disease & Women: The Silent Killer

In February we celebrated “Go Red Day for Women” which is the American Heart Association’s awareness campaign for the impact of heart...

Social Ecological Model and Relationships to Food

Another way of looking at the individual is through the lens of the social ecological model, which looks at various levels of influence.

Change Up Your Easter Traditions!

To prevent your child from eating that whole chocolate bunny, then proceeding to throw it up, we’ve come up with a few non-food ideas!

Intuitive Eating Principle 9: Movement- Feel the Difference

As we get used to listening to our internal cues, we may find our body can tell us what it needs in other areas of living, such as movement.

Intuitive Eating Principle 8: Respect Your Body

When loving your body seems daunting, start instead with just respecting your body. This means taking care of it.

Read Across America Day

Today is National Read Across America Day and while there are SO many options to choose from when it comes to your next great read, we’ve...

Intuitive Eating Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

Dealing with our emotions is hard! For many people, food is easy to turn to when we are bored, scared, upset, sad, or lonely. It offers...

Intuitive Eating Principle 6: Feel Your Fullness

Just as we learn to honor our body by feeding it when it is hungry, we need to honor our body by respecting the feeling of being full.

Intuitive Eating Principle 5: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

Eating is meant to be pleasurable! This is often forgotten when we're trying to diet. When eating intuitively, no foods are off limits.