Elwin Oreaon, Axel Monjaras and Jonathan Lopez, all 13, front to back, paddle a canoe on the Jordan River in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
When the sun is out, the barbecues start. As temperatures heat up and summer begins, spending more time outside and eating healthier can be part of your summer goals.
If that’s the case, here are some suggestions of places where you can make small changes to have a happy and healthy summer.
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Even the healthiest people have visceral fat, which is the belly fat deep within the abdominal cavity surrounding vital organs—including the stomach, liver and intestines.
While some levels of the fat help protect your organs, excess visceral fat can be harmful to them, eventually leading to various health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, stroke or fatty liver disease, explains Kayla Kopp, RD, Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Human Nutrition.
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“Visceral fat is any excess belly fat that forms deep inside your abdomen,” explains Kopp. The other type of fat, subcutaneous, is the…
More than one-in-seven households in Durham Region dealing with food insecurity, according to the health department
More than 15 per cent of households in Durham are facing difficulties putting the right food on the table, according to a new report by regional health officials.
Each year, the Durham Region Health Department monitors the cost of a basic healthy diet, based on food prices and nutrition recommendations.
“Food insecurity is not being able to afford safe, nutritious food, due to lack of money,” said Deborah Lay, a public health nutritionist at the Durham Region Health Department, in an interview with Durham Radio News. “In 2022, 15 per cent of Durham Region households were food-insecure, which means that…
The Jungle Farm helps the community plant, grow and eat healthy food
Who better to lead these children’s activities than future public school teachers, say Jungle Farm officials. Nicole Homan and Therese Rolheiser are both working towards their teaching degrees and are spending their summer doing what they love best – working with kids.
“I knew in Kindergarten that I wanted to be a teacher, because I love kids and working with people – and teaching checks all those boxes,” said Homan, who will be going into her third year of the Bachelor of Education program at Red Deer Polytechnic. “I’m from a family of teachers who also love the garden, so…
Food for thought: How your mindset can make healthy food more alluring on social media
In today’s world, our diets are often packed with fats and sugars. Our ancient instinct to crave calorie-rich foods, which once helped us survive, now leads to harmful health side-effects.
To counteract this, food content creators on social media have been trying to encourage healthy eating and healthy eating content.
But here’s the kicker — this content doesn’t get much engagement. Instead, posts that show unhealthy, high-calorie foods get more likes, shares and comments. This popularity of junk food online may tempt content creators and algorithms to show more of the same, tilting our view of “normal” eating habits towards…
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When you think of hydration, your mind might immediately go to what kinds of beverages you are (and aren’t) drinking. But did you know that the foods you eat can also have a major impact on your hydration status? While some foods contribute to our overall hydration, adding water themselves and/or electrolytes (which help the body regulate and circulate water), others can actually have a dehydrating effect, requiring us to play catch-up to make up for those losses. But what makes food dehydrating, and what are some of the top culprits…
Michelle Obama launches company to promote healthy food for kids
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama announced Wednesday that she has co-founded a company to make and sell healthier food and drinks for kids, products that she says will be less detrimental to their long-term health because of their lower sugar and higher nutrient content.
The former first lady’s work with PLEZi Nutrition is an extension of her efforts to improve child nutrition while she was in the White House.
“I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, you can’t just work from the outside,” she said during a keynote address in New York at a conference…
Income thresholds to be removed from healthy food payments from 2024
Payments to help parents buy healthy food will no longer be means-tested, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
Around 20,000 people will become eligible for extra help to buy healthy food when income thresholds are removed for the Best Start Foods payments.
Families will still have to get qualifying benefits such as child tax credits or universal credit to receive the benefit.
Previously, incomes had to be below set thresholds.
Regulations will be introduced that remove thresholds to increase eligibility for the benefit from February 2024.
Shirley-Anne Somerville said the move is part of efforts to tackle poverty (PA)
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