Category Archives: Health Care Providers

Guidelines for Life Long Healthy Eating Habits

These guidelines are important for all of us–whether trying to just eat healthily, to lose [...]

Should a Person with Diabetes Care about Salt Intake?

If you have diabetes, you probably know that you are at higher risk than normal [...]

Introducing solid foods to babies….When, What and How

Infants are ready to start eating some solid foods sometime between 4 and 6 months [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Can a change in diet give relief?

The causes of IBS are complex: diet, stress, genetics, anatomy…. Some sufferers have bloating, gas [...]

Gluten: Villain or Victim?

This is a synopsis of a presentation made by Lori Brizee MS, RDN, LD, CSP [...]

Pediatric Overweight: Facilitating Lifestyle Changes that Last

Presentation to Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pediatric Practice Group. Key points in this [...]

Childhood Obestiy–A Preventable Problem Part 3: Teaching Our Kids Healthy Eating Habits: How, When and Where to Eat

In Parts 1 and 2  I wrote about ways to prevent obesity by decreasing sitting [...]

Childhood Obesity–A Preventable Problem Part 5: Teaching Our Kids Healthy Eating Habits: Building Blocks of a Healthy Diet: Breakfast

For parts  1 through 4 of Childhood Obesty–A Preventable Problem, I’ve been writing about ways [...]

Childhood Obesity–A Preventable Problem Part 4: Teaching Our Kids Healthy Eating Habits: Building Blocks of a Healthy Diet: Fruits and Vegetables

In Parts 1-3 of Childhood Obesity—A Preventable Problem I’ve been writing about ways to decrease [...]

Childhood Obesity–A Preventable Problem Part 1: How and Why to keep that Screen-time Down!

“Television causes childhood obesity!” This headline that would not be far from the truth. Childhood [...]