Attitudinal and Behavioral Approaches to Preventing Obesity and Disordered Eating

If you think disordered eating is just about anorexia or bulimia, you are wrong. In fact, many people with obesity have disordered eating behaviors that could have developed at any point in their lives. It may seem “rational” to judge them for being “lazy”, but once you learn about the myriad of factors that influence [...]

Consumers Still Don’t Understand Calories?

It’s on the label for every food we eat – so why do we still have a hard time with calories when it comes to weight management? Since 2006, International Food Information Council (IFIC) has been trending out consumer attitudes toward numerous health and nutrition topics. Steadily, when consumers are asked about weight managemen, calories [...]

Social Media Insights for Dietitians

Hi, I’m Rebecca Scritchfield and I’m a dietitian. I’m also a reformed IT professional. Couple that with a master’s degree in communications from Johns Hopkins University and it starts to make sense why I’m writing this post on opportunities for dietitians in social medial.                                                                                  I recently presented at the Delaware Dietetic Association meeting on social [...]

Did Helen Get Too Skinny? A Biggest Loser Nutrition Perspective

During the Finale Episode for Season 7 of The Biggest Loser we continued to watch the weight loss and transformations in awe. These contestants, who broke records on set starting with Day 1, lost a combined total of 2763 lbs in 18 weeks! On average, contestants lost 37.2% of their body weight, decreasing their risk [...]

The Biggest Nutrition Transformations

Check out Cheryl Forberg’s blog post on Tara’s food journal before and after The Biggest Loser. Look at all the volume of food you get from the calories when you prioritize vegetables, whole grains, and fruits. Here’s the lunch example: Before Lunch cafeteria sandwich on a white roll or panini bread with grilled chix, cheddar, [...]

Biggest Loser Couples Reflections

So I’ve been thinking about The Biggest Loser and its impact on American culture for some time. I can’t help but notice all the efforts in government and healthcare to inspire change and how little really gets done. Cross that with The Biggest Loser and you have to ask – is The Biggest Loser scalable [...]

Feeling the Squeeze of Restrictive Dieting

Thanks to Brandi for letting me troll as a guest blogger at Diets In Review. Read an excerpt from my post below and then check out the full article! Originally published at DietsInReview.com If you’ve ever lost weight by cutting calories then you can understand the allure of restricting further to accelerate weight loss. But [...]

The End of Useless Dieting Books

In this post, I’m going to talk about what I don’t Like About “The End of Overeating” by DAVID A. KESSLER, MD. Even as I type I am annoyed with myself because I hesitate to give the book any press – even bad press! But I can’t keep these opinions bottled up. Of course, I [...]

Tune In to Biggest Loser and Look for Bernie

Chances are if you have “discovered” my website, you may have done a search on “The Biggest Loser” and found my post on the science behind the biggest loser diet or one of the other gagillion posts I wrote about the show. Well, I’m asking you to tune in today May 5th, 2009 to watch [...]