The Hard Thing About Teaching Nutrition

The hard thing about teaching nutrition to college students is that, as far as eating healthy is concerned, they’ve heard it all before. In fact, Michael Pollen’s phrase, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”– is about the best 3-second nutrition message around. I find myself wanting to repeat this phrase to my students and…

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This is why weight loss can be so hard…

Did you know that if Hershey’s kisses are placed on desk of secretaries in a clear jar consumed the secretaries will consume the kisses 46% more quickly than those in opaque jars. Also, People will eat 125 cal/day more if candy is on desk vs 6 feet away from where people do most of their work.…

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