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

BCBS of Tennessee uses its wellness success as marketing tool

5/20/2013

  • American City Business Journals

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is traveling the state to show insurance brokers and employers how it can be a partner in workplace wellness, using its own program as a case study. The company had a… Read More

Digestive Health SmartBrief

News and information about GI health

Digestive Health SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: The American College of Gastroenterology

CBO lowers health care spending forecast

5/15/2013

  • New York Times (tiered subscription model), The

The federal budget deficit will be about $642 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, some $200 billion lower than forecast three months ago, the Congressional Budget Office says. The CBO also … Read More

SmartBrief for Nutritionists

News for health and wellness professionals

SmartBrief for Nutritionists

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

5/20/2013

  • Asheville Citizen-Times (N.C.)

Asheville, N.C., dietitian Leah McGrath chose to focus her career on providing nutrition education at a mass-communications level rather than doing one-on-one client counseling or working in a hospita… Read More

SNA SmartBrief

School nutrition news

SNA SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: School Nutrition Association

Study compares VOC concentrations between obese, lean children

5/19/2013

  • InternalMedicineNews.com (free registration)

Obese children exhaled substantially higher levels of certain volatile organic compounds than lean peers, particularly isoprene, 1-octene, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, U.S. researchers found. The stu… Read More