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what's in your kid's food?

by Diane Lofshult

Ever wonder about those mysterious ingredients listed on the nutrition label of your child's favorite food? Now you can figure out all that chemical mumbo jumbo by simply clicking on the Internet. The International Food Information Council Foundation ...

Solid Advice for Infants

by Diane Lofshult

New parents confused about the proper age at which to introduce solid foods to their babies now have a nifty resource at their disposal. Starting Solids: A Nutrition Guide for Infants and Children 6 to 18 Months of Age is published by the International ...

Why Diets Fail

by Diane Lofshult

Sometimes health professionals pay so much attention to the science behind weight loss that they forget to ask consumers for their opinions. Thankfully, you have only to look for answers in this year's Food and Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes Toward ...

Food Safety for Seniors

by Diane Lofshult

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 75 million Americans get sick from tainted food each year, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. No one wants to get sick from a food-borne illness. But for older ...

corn refiners association asks FDA to consider name change for high-fructose corn syrup

by Sandy Todd Webster

In mid-September, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA)-the national trade association representing the corn-refining industry of the United States-petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow manufacturers the option of using "corn ...

The Alphabet Soup of Nutrition Terminology: Part 2

Staying abreast of emerging nutrition research studies can be a real challenge for busy wellness professionals. Half the battle is making sense of the terms used to describe new scientific findings. One day "genetics" is making headlines, while the next ...

The Alphabet Soup of Nutrition Terminology: Part 2

What Makes Food Functional?

Food. It gives fuel for activities, provides necessary nutrients to help maintain healthy body processes and is even a source of pleasure and social delight. When eaten in excess, even the most nutritious food can contribute to unwanted weight gain and ...

What Makes Food Functional?

Helping Children Exercise

Resources for outreach, education and activism.

Children need to exercise more-this is not a news flash. From an increasingly younger age, they are at risk for the consequences of an inactive lifestyle. Many school programs include gym class as infrequently as once or twice a week, if at all. As ...

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	Extreme Interval Training In this course you'll learn goal-focused intervals and over 50 dynamic exercises and drills to create extensive and intensive training formats.

	Cut to the Core This is a raw, unedited video filmed live at the 2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™. Cut to the Core is packed full of core-focused exercises that aim to improve the way you look, feel and live.

	September 2011 IDEA Fitness Journal Quiz 4: Plyometric Training This continuing education quiz is an in-depth look at plyometric training. Plyometric exercises—jumping, bounding, hopping, arm pushing, and catching and throwing weighted objects such as machine balls—are movements that involve rapid eccentric and concentric muscle actions.

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