Does the question "What’s for dinner?" bring on anxiety? Are you coming home from work in the evening, opening your fridge and staring into the abyss, thinking “What can I make with these ingredients?” Do you realize that you...
Many people have heard of eating disorders but are not aware of how dangerous they can be. Eating disorders are the third most common chronic illness in adolescents, behind asthma and diabetes. They affect people of all age...
Obesity is often thought to be just a weight-related condition. More studies, however, have found that it affects many other organs in the body and can be a threat to overall health and wellness. Weight loss surgery, also...
Excess weight and obesity currently affect approximately 40 percent of Rhode Island children and teenagers. Children who are overweight or have obesity suffer from health problems such as high blood pressure, liver disease...
Holiday festivities are usually filled with a wonderful spread of delicious food. This should be a time for joy and...
If you’ve heard the term “forever chemicals,” you may be wondering just what it means. It refers to a group of thousands...
Kids, like adults, may have a hard time getting up in the morning, and as a parent, you may find it difficult to get...
Cabbage. It’s one of those foods you don’t often think about, unless you’re making its famous companion, corned beef, or...
An upset stomach is never fun, but people with IBS experience chronic, or frequent, gastrointestinal pain and discomfort...
In the United States, 54 million people are living with arthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Most people have heard about the many brands of non-dairy milk. You have probably seen the variety of options on...
Intermittent fasting is a dietary approach to weight loss that has recently gained popularity. It focuses on limiting...
If you pay attention to the news, you may be confused about coconut oil. For a long time, we did not hear much about...
You’ve probably heard that you should consume less sodium. And maybe you have read that you should stop using the salt...
It seems like there is always something new when it comes to diet and weight loss. One of those hot topics lately is the...