Nutrition and Wellness

AHIP Wellness SmartBrief

News to improve employee and population health

AHIP Wellness SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: America's Health Insurance Plans

Mich. employers use wellness, CDHPs to keep costs in check

5/21/2013

  • Crain's Detroit Business (free registration)

More emphasis on consumer-driven health plans and wellness programs helped keep cost increases for health insurance at Southeast Michigan companies to 4% this year, the lowest growth in a decade, acco… Read More

Oshkosh, Wis., works toward Well City designation

Mobile farmers markets bring healthy foods to food deserts

More time spent in gym class can help combat childhood obesity

Study associates depression with hypoglycemic episodes

Digestive Health SmartBrief

News and information about GI health

Digestive Health SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: The American College of Gastroenterology

Popularity of gluten-free eating moves beyond celiac disease

5/20/2013

  • Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model)

Former Bon Appetit magazine food editor Kristine Kidd says she had digestive problems all her life but they became impossible to ignore a couple of years ago so she tried a gluten-free diet and found … Read More

Researchers are creating a food map of what Americans consume

Constipation causes 20% of pediatric ED visits for abdominal pain

Constipation affects quality of life, longevity, study says

Nutritionist: White vegetables are important nutrient source

SmartBrief for Nutritionists

News for health and wellness professionals

SmartBrief for Nutritionists

RDs counsel children on monitoring food-allergy status

5/21/2013

  • Today's Dietitian

Research shows about 25% of children with food allergies outgrow them, but they are doing so at an older age, possibly because of the prevalence of multiple allergies, registered dietitian Sherry Cole… Read More

HbA1C change after exercise best predicted by reduced body fat

Olive oil, nuts may help improve cognitive function, study says

Study: Early parenteral nutrition provides little patient benefit

Omega-3 consumption may ameliorate junk food's impact on brain

SNA SmartBrief

School nutrition news

SNA SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: School Nutrition Association

Minn. schools seek to cook more food on site

5/21/2013

  • KSTP-TV (Minneapolis)

The Minneapolis Public School District has started preparing more food on site and installed salad bars at some schools to meet federal nutrition standards. "The fruits and vegetables at the high scho… Read More

SNA names West region's top nutrition manager

N.C. dietitian uses mass media to spread nutrition message

Wis. schools use grants to sustain, grow student gardens

Study compares VOC concentrations between obese, lean children

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