Dr. Kushner

Be Better, Not Perfect – a Lifelong Healthy Eating Strategy

By Dr. Kushner / January 7, 2025 /

Seeking perfection in your diet plan is a set-up for failure. A common misperception my patients struggle with is thinking they have to strive for perfection in order to eat more healthfully. Whether it’s banning all carbs, sugar or fat from one’s diet, extreme food restrictions are hard to maintain for the long run. They…

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Personal Weight Struggles Require a Personalized Approach

By Dr. Kushner / January 1, 2025 /

I learned long ago that generic weight loss advice doesn’t work well for most people. That’s because managing weight is personal, influenced by your likes and dislikes, health goals and personal challenges. This applies whether or not you’re taking one of the newer anti-obesity medications. I wrote my book, Six Factors to Fit: Weight Loss that Works…

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Improving Weight Management Outcomes Beyond the Scale

By Dr. Kushner / December 18, 2024 /

We are a weight-focused society but when it comes to managing weight long term, having a weight-only narrow focus can be detrimental. Throughout my 4-decade career I have stressed the importance of lifestyle modification being foundational for losing weight and achieving better health. Now with an average 15-20% weight loss with the new injectable obesity…

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Can Your Cell Phone Help You Eat Better, Move More, Stress Less?

By Dr. Kushner / December 9, 2024 /

One of my yearly medical student classes I teach at Northwestern University is helping our future physicians learn behavior change strategies to improve their own health. Examples of targeted health behaviors may include not exercising regularly, not eating enough fruits and vegetables, eating too many sweets or fast food, not getting enough hours of sleep…

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Eat Healthier this Holiday Season

By Dr. Kushner / November 22, 2024 /

We all struggle with eating temptations over the holidays. The key to healthy holiday eating is to plan ahead so you feel in control to enjoy the foods you love in moderate portions. Here are some tips that have worked for my patients and can work for you too: 1-Don’t Go to the Party Hungry…

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It’s Saturday Night! 3 Healthy Eating Nudges to Help you Stay on Track

By Dr. Kushner / November 16, 2024 /

Your Saturday night outings may be the one day of the week when you let your guard down and don’t pay much attention to what or how much you eat. Though weekends are a time to unwind and have fun – they don’t have to derail all the progress you’ve made during the week. Dinners…

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Enhancing Obesity Care with Innovative Medical Education

By Dr. Kushner / October 16, 2024 /

I am passionate about educating both current and future health care professionals on the care of patients living with the disease of obesity. If you’re a patient struggling with overweight or obesity, you need health care providers who are knowledgeable and skilled in giving you the most effective treatments. Recently I was invited to update…

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Healthy Eating Shortcuts

By Dr. Kushner / October 10, 2024 /

Healthy eating requires planning ahead. Though this does take some time, it doesn‘t have to be so time intensive. In this blog, I share some time-saving tips that help my family eat better and healthier. 1 – Try Convenient Apps for Shopping No time to go to the grocery store? Check out your neighborhood for…

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Staying Healthy When Life Gets Busy

By Dr. Kushner / September 20, 2024 /

Your daily routine directly impacts your health behaviors. But what happens when you daily routine gets so busy, you have trouble maintaining your healthy lifestyle? As your daily routines change, so can your health behaviors. Eating healthfully and exercising may be challenging with a stressful work or school deadline or new family obligations. Much of…

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Ease into Healthier Eating

By Dr. Kushner / September 7, 2024 /

As new Fall schedules get underway, you may also be looking toward a healthier eating routine. If you want to eat better and get healthier, you’ve come to the right place. Instead of a one-size-fits-all, restrictive diet approach, I recommend making small lifestyle changes. If you’re ready to change your lifestyle for the better, I…

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