Eating Disorders

The growing divide between what’s considered healthy food and what can legally be labeled as healthy is on its way to reconciling. In response to pressure from the health community, elected officials and the public, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to redefine the term “healthy” as it’s used on food labels, the agency confirmed Tuesday.

A colorful assortment of tortillas offered locally from left, whole wheat flour , blue corn , small flour fajita , red chili corn , white corn , cactus corn , yellow corn and large flour . La Tapatia company president Helen Chavez Hansen in La Tapatia’s Fresno store at the tortilla plant on Belmont Avenue.

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Denise Coots, a registered and licensed dietitian, is the lead clinical dietitian at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. She has a passion for helping others, ranging from patients in the intensive care unit to individuals in the community with various dietary issues.

If you want to lose weight, you need to change your diet . That doesn’t mean eating nothing but salad for three months while grueling your way to a lower weight, though.

Michael Noonan is correct that polypharmacy is a real issue in today’s society. A large number of patients receive at least one prescription medication.

Together with UM’s School of Social Work and its College of Food and Agriculture, the School of Public Health held an “International No Diet Day” speaking event, complete with “pizza and anti-diet swag.” One of the speakers at the event was self-proclaimed “fat activist” Virgie Tovar, who educated attendees on “the myths and social stereotypes around fat oppression.”

A year ago, Wattenbarger tipped the scales at 325 pounds, but a healthy diet has allowed the 76-year-old Baptist preacher to trim down significantly. “My clothes didn’t fit me,” he said.