by Jeff Gottlieb | Jul 13, 2012 | Exercise, Healthy Eating, Motivation/Inspiration
The Wayne County Partnership for Children announced Tuesday they received a grant from the North Carolina Community Foundation for the Spriggles initiative of the Shape NC program. Shape NC is working to create a statewide health program to ensure that a...
by Jeff Gottlieb | Apr 24, 2012 | Exercise, Healthy Eating, Miscellaneous
Brandi Thompson, a registered dietician with ABCD Eat Right, recently gave Spriggles Books this great review: I really loved these books that intricately combined “spirit” and “giggles” in order to motivate young children to...
by Jeff Gottlieb | Mar 13, 2012 | Healthy Eating
March is National Nutrition Month, a good time to take a hard look at what you’re putting on your plate. “Get Your Plate in Shape” is the theme of this year’s eat-right campaign by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association)....
by Martha Gottlieb | Oct 11, 2011 | Healthy Eating, Motivation/Inspiration
Several good ways to keep our blood sugar under control is to eat small frequent meals throughout the day, eat foods low on the glycemic index, always pair a starch with a protein and eat some good fats and fiber. So for this week, let one of your daily snacks be: * 3...
by Jeff Gottlieb | Sep 6, 2011 | Exercise, Healthy Eating, Motivation/Inspiration
The YMCA has a terrific monthly Healthy Family Home newsletter that we strongly endorse. To sign-up, go here: http://www.ymca.net/newsletters/
by Jeff Gottlieb | Sep 6, 2011 | Exercise, Healthy Eating, Motivation/Inspiration
Presidential Proclamation Since the 1970s, the rate of childhood obesity in our country has tripled, and today a third of American children are overweight or obese. This dramatic rise threatens to have far‑reaching, long-term effects on our children’s health,...
