Diets of low-income adults in federal food program SNAP need improvement
October 9, 2012 -- Researchers offer policy recommendations to better address dual challenges of food insecurity and obesity in low-income Americans More than 44.7 million Americans — roughly one in seven — receive benefits to purchase food from the…
Seven tips for losing weight—without dieting
By slowing down our eating and being more mindful of where our food comes from, we can shed extra pounds without following a particular diet, Lilian Cheung, lecturer in nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), wrote…
Combatting obesity with mindful eating
“You fold a tiny raisin into your hand, perhaps thinking about the journey it made to reach you, farmers planting seeds, nature providing water...” In a July 13, 2012 blog on the Huffington Post, writer Amy Spies tries…
HSPH healthy pyramid helps guide offerings at Google's cafés
The healthy eating pyramid developed at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) is front and center in the cafés of one of the world’s most prominent companies: Google. A May 11, 2012 Los Angeles Times article, on Silicon…
Harvard School of Public Health launches obesity prevention website
The Obesity Prevention Source Aims to Help Policymakers and Public Reverse Growing Worldwide Epidemic For immediate release: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Boston, MA - What is causing the obesity epidemic—and how can we stop and reverse this worldwide…
Savor every bite with mindful eating
Eating more slowly and relishing each bite could help people eat less or eat healthier, according to Lilian Cheung, lecturer in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Cheung, who also is the editorial director…
Nutrition news: the selling of cranberries
Lilian Cheung, editorial director of HSPH’s Nutrition Source, is quoted in a Boston Globe story on how U.S. and Canadian cranberry growers, faced with an oversupply of the fruit, are seeking new global markets. Marketers tout the health…
Lilian Cheung: "Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life"
May 2010 -- Lilian Cheung, editorial director of The Nutrition Source website, is the co-author of new book, Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, written with world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. In this video, Cheung describes the seven practices of mindful eating. (3:07)
Public health takes aim at sugar and salt
[Fall 2009] The war on obesity and other lifestyle ills has opened a new battlefront: the fight against sugar and salt. It may be a fight for our lives. In the last few years, evidence has mounted that too much of…
New healthy eating pyramid now freely downloadable from Harvard School of Public Health
For immediate release: May 13, 2008 Boston, MA -- The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its popular website, The Nutrition Source (www.thenutritionsource.org), one of the most visited nutrition sites and…