Nutrition
- Healthy meal planning guide:
- Try these time-saving tips to make eating healthier simpler for you and your family
- Plan out two to four weeks of healthy meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Use the weekend to make menus.
- If you work during the week, cook over the weekend and store leftovers in the fridge or freezer.
- Cut up vegetables and keep them handy in the fridge.
- Stock up on ideas for practicing healthy habits in your kitchen and at the grocery store:
- Shop sales, clip coupons and buy fruits and vegetables in season.
- Skip the ready-made foods.
- Replace high-calorie or high-fat favorites with nutrition-rich ones one at a time.
- Remember that there is more than one way to shop for healthy produce.
- Make your own healthy snacks — it’s healthier and cheaper!
- Involve the whole family in mealtime.
- For the full article go here: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/A-Little-Planning-Helps-Your-Heart---and-Your-Budget_UCM_425124_Article.jsp
- American turnings to fast food for breakfast - though eating less for lunch or dinner: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/good-mcmorning-more-americans-turning-to-fast-food-for-breakfast/
- Using more herbs in cooking lowers your salt intake: http://blog.heart.org/spices-and-herbes-intervention-helped-adults-reduce-salt-intake/
- Check out this innovative idea to help people eat slower - a smart fork that vibrates to reminds you when you are eating too fast: http://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000002760254/the-fork-says-slow-down.html?emc=edit_th_20140311&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=36139897
- Want to learn more about fruits and vegetables in general, check out this site: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/Fruits-and-Vegetables_UCM_461143_Article.jsp
Obesity
- Iron-First Style of Parenting More Likely To Lead To Obese Kids: Children whose parents are rigid with rules and skimpy on affection and conversation have a third greater chance of being obese than kids whose parents are more generous with affection and dialogue. Full article: http://blog.heart.org/iron-fist-style-of-parenting-more-likely-to-lead-to-obese-kids/
- Wondering what has created the Obesity Epidemic in the US, check out this article: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/WeightManagement/Obesity/Understanding-the-American-Obesity-Epidemic_UCM_461650_Article.jsp
- Obesity link to lower academic results for teen girls: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-26527288
- The most and least obese states in the US: Mississippians Most Obese, Montanans Least Obesehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/obese-states-most-least_n_4896517.html
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