Posted on · You might recognize the symptoms of certain eating disorders. Anorexia was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM, in 1952. That made the illness more recognizable by doctors and eventually the general public. The same recognition of the disorder bulimia came later, in 1980. Recently, a new disorder has made it into […]
Posted on · Recently, an event was held by a local initiative of Value [the] Meal, a national campaign with Corporate Accountability International. Their aim for this event was to challenge the CEO’s of some of the Texas Medical Center hospitals, like Texas Children’s Hospital and Ben Taub, to remove the McDonald’s restaurants from their buildings. The event comes on […]
Posted on · If you’re eating something healthy — like an apple or a carrot — it means you’re not eating something unhealthy, like French fries or pizza. Dr. Ann Barnes of Harris Health System reminds us that losing weight and being healthy doesn’t necessarily mean eating less.
Posted on · We learn about West U Fitness, a Houston gym that’s trying to take creating healthy lifestyles to another level by adding a teaching kitchen to its facilities to help encourage members to eat healthier.
Posted on · A few months ago we had a discussion about efforts to get kids to eat healthier. And while there are many programs and efforts within schools to teach kids where their food comes from â by doing things like starting a small garden on the school grounds â not all those programs take the next […]