All posts with subject: nutrition
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Colorize your diet for a healthier you
Juanita Watts, MD, is our women’s health leader in Southern California. She explains how the colors of the rainbow can help you prevent cancer, maintain your weight, and sharpen your mind.
There’s an easy way to help maintain a healthy weight and reduce your risk for health conditions such as heart [...]
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subjects: healthy-habits, nutrition, weight maintenance
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Meet Rosa Soto, health advocate featured in “Food, Inc.”
Our goal is for people to thrive. Part of that effort involves diet. And that’s not just the food you prepare, but the food that’s offered to you through the food industry — which isn’t always healthy. This is the message of a new film called “Food, Inc.” The film was produced with the help of Rosa Soto, regional director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy in Los Angeles, a nonprofit agency funded in part by a grant from Kaiser Permanente as a community health initiative.
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subjects: diet, nutrition
Friday, November 20, 2009
Spreading good health one farmers’ market at a time
Much like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Preston Maring, MD, is on a mission—a mission to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to more people across the country.
Dr. Maring’s quest began back in 2003 with the founding of the first Kaiser Permanente farmers’ market: the Friday Fresh Market at our Oakland Medical [...]
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subjects: healthy-habits, nutrition
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
How a food diary can help you lose weight
Can you write away the pounds? Dietician Nora Norback lets you in on a weight loss secret: Keeping a food diary could double your weight loss!
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subjects: diet, nutrition, weight loss
