Nutrition

As back to school season approaches, consider these nutritious lunch ideas for kids. These strategies will help you pack healthy school lunches as a family, and simple lunchbox swaps and kids’ lunchbox ideas will make it easy.

A registered sports dietitian explains how his nutrition advice has evolved over the past 20 years. Topics covered include low-fat diets, calorie counting and intermittent fasting.

Protein is an essential macronutrient that contributes to everything from weight maintenance to brain health. Read 5 reasons to eat more protein each day.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) recently collaborated with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) to co-sponsor an evidence-based guideline and systematic review of the impact of nutrition and physical-activity interventions. AND is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals and is dedicated to accelerating improvements in global health and well-being through food and nutrition. 

Pervasive diet culture lies are a source of constant external pressure that carries the message that we are not good enough. Instead, what we need understand that it is ok to want to make healthy changes to our bodies while accepting that there is nothing “wrong” with how we are currently. This is called body harmony.