Author: Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN

There’s no escaping the message that physical activity is good for health and that many Americans need to exercise more.

If you’re headed to FNCE®, get ready to enjoy award-winning and more casual restaurants that make the most of locally sourced foods across a range of cuisines.

It’s well established that eating a nutrient-dense diet, engaging in appropriate types and amounts of physical activity, sleeping well, not smoking, and managing other sources of stress support cardiovascular health.

Learning doesn’t end once a dietitian earns a degree, completes an internship, or passes the registration exam.

Women going through the menopausal transition—which encompasses perimenopause and postmenopause—are at elevated risk of eating disorders.

At press time, access to in vitro fertilization (IVF)—the joining of an egg and sperm in a laboratory dish—was threatened in Alabama following a landmark ruling by the state’s supreme court, stating that embryos have the same legal rights as children and therefore have personhood status.

Mindful eating has been incorporated into a variety of behavior change programs as an adjunct to dietary recommendations,1 and research has found that mindfulness-based interventions can decrease dysregulated eating, including emotional eating and eating in response to external cues, as well as reduce body dissatisfaction while increasing body appreciation.

The CDC estimates that six in 10 Americans are living with at least one chronic disease, and four in 10 have two or more.

Humans are complex, and part of that complexity comes from the interplay of mind and body.

Today’s DietitianVol. 26 No. 1 P. 18 It’s been one-quarter of a century since Today’s Dietitian (TD) debuted, and it goes without…