Gifts Ideas for Healthy Living
It’s that time of year again when holiday gift giving is on all of our minds. For this year’s list of healthy living gift ideas, I decided to share some favorites that have helped my wife and...
Weight Loss Success Depends on Finding and Keeping Motivation
Whether you have in internal drive to lose weight to improve self-confidence or feel better, or you are encouraged to lose weight by your health care provider to improve your...
Use Self-Advocacy to Boost Health and Better Manage Weight
Though many people may be familiar with advocating for their child, an elderly parent or a cause they care deeply about, they may be less familiar with self-advocacy – or...
From Deprivation Dieting to Enjoying a Healthier Lifestyle
Strict diet rules are hard to follow for long periods of time. Examples may include banning all carbs from your diet or never allowing yourself to enjoy treat-type foods ever...
Want to Get Help from your Primary Care Provider to Lose Weight? Just Ask!
I always ask my new patients how they came to see me. More often than not, they say they asked their primary care provider for help to lose weight. Your...
Make Your Home a Safe Haven for More Healthful Eating
Whether it’s the foods on your kitchen counters, eye-level in the fridge or in bowls on a cocktail table, we know that tempting food cues in your environment can lead...
Can Minutes of Movement Lead to Better Health?
We all know we sit too much – at our desks, in our cars and on the couch. A new study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and...
New Study Validates Six Factor Quiz as Targeted Weight Management Tool
When I set out to develop an assessment tool for people struggling with excess weight and the clinicians who treat them, I wanted to develop a tool that was quick...
