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8 Ways to Encourage Positive Food and Body Conversations Through the New Year’s Resolution Diet-Talk Onslaught
By Liz Bergren As the clock winds down toward 2019, many of us start to finalize our New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions can be anything we want them to be—spend more time with family, spend more time in nature, volunteer, … Continue reading
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Counselor’s Corner: 3 FUN Ways to Educate About Eating Right for National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month. The purpose of National Nutrition Month is to spread awareness about making educated food decisions and creating healthy eating and physical activity habits. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported in 2010 that 35.7 percent … Continue reading