Every 52 minutes, a person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder in the United States (1). Think about that. Eating disorders account for over 10,000 deaths per year and yet still remain largely in the shadows of public health discourse and are often...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is an annual campaign to increase public awareness around the deadly realities of eating disorders. Recent years have brought about hopeful changes in terms of the body liberation and...
What is Personalized Nutrition? The first time I heard the term “personalized nutrition” I thought, “that’s what registered dietitian/nutritionists are trained to do: develop the most appropriate eating plan for each individual person.” Sequencing the...
Where did the idea of “work-life balance” come from exactly? It’s crazy to think that during the Industrial Revolution, prior to the 1920’s, the average work week was between 70-100 hours!! Can you imagine?! It was Henry Ford who established the “nine to five”...
Every year, World Peace Meditation Day is held on December 31 as we all contemplate the start of a new year. It is commonly known that when people are at peace with themselves, they are more likely to seek out and build peaceful relationships in their community and...