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Dina Rose on Diet & Exercise
Friday, June 24 2011
The Food Pyramid is out and MyPlate is in. This is great news for those of us who eat from plates, rather than from pyramids, because now the visual works. Instead of struggling to remember serving sizes, we can all image the perfect plate: half fruits and vegetables, half grains and protein, and a small serving of dairy.
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Dina Rose on Diet & Exercise
Tuesday, June 21 2011
The Food Pyramid is out and The Food Plate is in. This is great news for those of us who eat from plates, rather than from pyramids, because now the visual works. Instead of struggling to remember serving sizes, we can all image the perfect plate: half fruits and vegetables, half grains and protein, and a small serving of... Read more
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Dina Rose on Diet & Exercise
Monday, June 06 2011
In principal, feeding children well should be relatively easy. In practice, though, it is never so straightforward.
That’s because while we’re busy evaluating the quality of the food we prepare, our children are thinking about other things like playing instead of eating, and asserting their willpower instead of... Read more
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Dina Rose on Diet & Exercise
Thursday, June 02 2011
The pressure on parents to get the right nutrients into their kids is enormous in this country—and it’s ruining the way our kids eat.
Rather than let kids explore which foods they like, or figure out how much they should eat, parents—at the behest of pediatricians, nutritionists, and policy makers—are doing anything... Read more
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Dina Rose on Diet & Exercise
Wednesday, May 25 2011
If you have a newborn, you have it easy. At least when it comes to food and eating issues.
Babies are basically a blank slate. Yes, they come out of the chute with a personality. With a set of needs. With their own quirky behaviors.
And yes, the parenting-a-newborn phase is difficult. It’s rife with... Read more
