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Lighten Up on Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day can be just as sweet if the treats are healthy. Continue reading →
Big Changes Coming at the School Snack Bar
The lunch options at your school cafeteria might look very different next year.
The federal government is proposing new guidelines for snack bars and vending machines at schools across the country. If their proposals are passed, foods like fatty chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks would disappear from the lunch line and the vending machines. Instead, kids would be able to choose foods like baked chips, trail mix, diet soda, lower-calorie sports drinks and low-fat hamburger. Continue reading →
Childhood Obesity Rates Are Dropping
For the first time in 30 years, rates of childhood obesity are dropping in cities across America. Researchers aren’t sure why, but in cities from New York to Los Angeles to Anchorage, Alaska, rates of obesity are falling.
New York City Bans Soda
In a little more than a month from now, New Yorkers won’t be able to buy large sugary drinks and sodas anymore. The city’s Dept of Health banned the sale of these drinks and the new rules will take effect in March, as the Wall Street Journal reported.What does that mean for you?
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Fabulous Fiber
Fiber is important for lowering your cholesterol, keeping your blood sugar normal, helping you feel full between meals, and keeping your digestion regular.
Try these tips to eat more fiber:
Pick the Fruit
Fruits are a good for getting vitamins and minerals, fiber, and even your daily water intake. Because different fruits contain different vitamins, it’s important to eat a variety of them. Here are some benefits of different fruits:
Protein Power!
Protein is important for your body cells, hair and nails, for healing an injury, and building bones, muscles, skin, and blood. You need protein in your diet along with carbohydrates and fats, and vitamins and minerals. Getting enough protein from your food is not usually a problem. But getting protein from better sources is.
What the Experts Are Saying
Live Light Live Right aligns with Robin Hood’s mission to fight poverty in New York City. The program comprehensively addresses the challenge of childhood obesity in a disadvantaged community where children’s health status is compromised by a lack of affordable, fresh food, physical activity programs, and safe play spaces. We are longstanding, enthusiastic supporters of the program simply because the Live Light Live Right program produces real results with hard data to prove it.
— Eric Weingartner, Managing Director, Robin Hood Foundation
The team at Live Light Live Right has been an invaluable resource to the community. While we try to serve the myriad of health needs of our pediatric patients, we also critically need the expertise of specialists who are extensively trained and experienced in the management of childhood obesity and its complications. Not only do we have a trusted place to direct our patients for the next level of tailored treatment, we primary care physicians also greatly benefit from the education and workshops Live Light regularly provides.
— Dr. Violetta Calibuso MD, primary care physician from Brookdale Family Care Center