Older adults are prone to experience shifts in their weight for many reasons. In fact, being underweight and undernourished is often a more frequent problem than being overweight in the elderly.
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How to Eat Healthy at Your Favorite Restaurants
Our registered dietitian offers advice for healthy dining out, whether at an ethnic restaurant, steakhouse, pizzeria or fast food place.
5 Ways to Get Your Toddler to Eat Healthy Foods
A pediatric dietitian shares how to get your toddler to eat healthy, along with the best toddler foods and toddler snacks to offer your child.
Short on Time? What to Pack for a Filling Mini-Meal
It’s mealtime and you’re nowhere near a kitchen. With a little planning, you can have a mini-meal tucked away in your desk drawer, tote or backpack to get you through these times in a healthy, satisfying way.
What Is the Atkins Diet, and Is It Healthy?
The Atkins diet promotes a high-fat, low-carb plan to help people lose weight and improve their health. Before you try it, learn the pros and cons.
What Foods Can You Eat to Lose Weight?
Can you really eat more food and still lose weight? You can if you focus on eating more good foods than bad. A dietitian explains how it works.
5 Food Additives You Should Avoid
Processed food has become more American than apple pie. But chemical additives in the food, if consumed in large quantities, may be a health concern. Here are five additives you should avoid.
How the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic Is Taking a Toll on Mental Health
Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are struggling. These eight strategies can help you manage the pandemic stress until we come out on the other side.
Can Stress Actually Make You Sick?
Are you worrying yourself sick? Learn more about how to manage your stress to help protect your body from the effects of chronic worry.
Are Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot Meals Healthy?
Does cooking a meal in the trendy new “instant pot” — a type of pressure cooker — preserve the nutrients in your food, or harm them?
