Be Better, Not Perfect – a Lifelong Healthy Eating Strategy
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...
Personal Weight Struggles Require a Personalized Approach
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...
Improving Weight Management Outcomes Beyond the Scale
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...
Can Your Cell Phone Help You Eat Better, Move More, Stress Less?
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...
Eat Healthier this Holiday Season
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...
It’s Saturday Night! 3 Healthy Eating Nudges to Help you Stay on Track
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....
Enhancing Obesity Care with Innovative Medical Education
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...
Healthy Eating Shortcuts
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...