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“Childhood Obesity: Is Mom to Blame?”

There has been a controversial PSA called, “Childhood Obesity: Is Mom to Blame” circulating around social media. This PSA indicates that parents are to blame for the childhood obesity epidemic. Haven’t seen the PSA yet? Click here. There are numerous factors affecting childhood overweight and obesity! However, it is not in left field to say that parents […]

4th International Critical Dietetics Conference

Chicagoland Registered Dietitians You Are Invited to the 4th International Critical Dietetics Conference! This conference is taking place this week starting August 14th and going through the 17th. Critical dietetics was a movement that originally started in 2009 to “create a space for critical inquiry and dialogue to build on and broaden the body of knowledge in dietetics through collective […]

Why A Dietitian’s Primary Grocery Store Is Not Whole Foods

I find it very interesting that a lot of clients, family members, friends, and even strangers tell me that they shop at Whole Foods as if they are trying to get approval from me and for me to validate the fact that they are healthy. The funny thing is when someone tells me that they shop at […]

Fountain Park Chautauqua: Cake Walk

My family has been going to Fountain Park’s Chautauqua, since before I was born. The idea of a Chautauqua was imagined back in 1874 in New York by John H. Vincent. The Chautauqua movement brought education and culture to many cities across the United States until the Great Depression. Now, there are only three left in the country and […]

Healthy Portions in a Self Serve Froyo World

With more and more self serve frozen yogurt (froyo) places popping up like Forever Yogurt and Red Mango it can be really easy to overdo it on this healthier summer treat. These places provide you with very large cardboard bowls that welcome you to fill them up to the brim. Each bowl can hold upwards of two […]

Is Your Cereal Part of a Balanced Breakfast or Just Dessert?

Cereal has always been a fan favorite and an easy breakfast. However, has our beloved cereal just been dessert all along? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) just analyzed over 1,500 types of cereal and discovered that some of them even contained half their weight in sugar. There is a lot of “added sugar” in most of the […]

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American culture

“Childhood Obesity: Is Mom to Blame?”

4th International Critical Dietetics Conference

Why A Dietitian’s Primary Grocery Store Is Not Whole Foods

Fountain Park Chautauqua: Cake Walk

Healthy Portions in a Self Serve Froyo World

Is Your Cereal Part of a Balanced Breakfast or Just Dessert?

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