The Crestview News-Bulletin – Larry Williams
[Monday] is the beginning of a new year. And I have an idea for a New Year’s resolution you might want to try. It provides outdoor exercise, gives you a sense of accomplishment, it is fun for the whole family and it might save you a little money. (more)
Press Connects – Amanda Renko
Trying to keep up a fitness habit during the winter months, atoning for plates of holiday cookies, or just looking to start a healthy hobby in 2018? Fitness-related New Year’s resolutions are some of the most popular each year, and they often come after food-filled holidays. An analysis of the weight patterns of 3,000 Americans found that weights begin rising around Thanksgiving and peak around Christmas and the New Year, according to a study by Cornell University’s Food Lab published in 2016 in the New England Journal of Medicine. (more)
Food and Wine – Elisabeth Sherman
As the New Year approaches, you (as a parent, or a person with young children) might be thinking about how to bond with the children in your life, and help them develop both a healthy attitude toward food and healthy eating habits. But between work, extracurricular activities, and just trying to get a moment to yourself, you may have trouble finding the time and energy to have those quality moments. Frances Largeman-Roth, a Brooklyn-based nutritionist who recently partnered with Uncle Ben’s rice in order to encourage parents to cook with their kids, understands that so much can get in the way of spending much-needed quality time with your family. She recently spoke with Food & Wine with her best advice on how to spend more time with the youngest members of your family in the kitchen. (more)
Gazette Live – Elaine Blackburne
So it’s Christmas Eve and you have a host of things to do before the big man in red pays a visit. But with excitement building, sleep is the last thing the children have on their minds as they prepare with steely determination to wait to catch Santa. (more)
Medical News Today – Jasmin Collier
A new analysis finds that children who eat healthfully are more likely to be happy, and those who are happy are more likely to eat healthfully. Interestingly, these links were independent of weight. (more)