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09/01/2010 The Great Minnesota Get Together

It’s that time of year here in Minnesota.

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08/27/2010 My Least Favorite Topic – HFCS

I’m sticking my neck out today to talk about a topic that many people are passionate about

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08/23/2010 A Different Perspective: Servant Leadership By Stephanie Walker, RD, CD

Annette asked me a couple weeks ago to write a guest blog for Nutrition Outlook.

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08/20/2010 Think Positive!

Which do you prefer – negative feedback or positive feedback?

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08/16/2010 Intentional Choices

This summer, my coworker Anne has had the most amazing experience.

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08/11/2010 Why Vs. How

Quick. Grab a pen and piece of scratch paper

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08/06/2010 Nuts About Nuts

Last weekend, I attended an out of town wedding with some of my former co-workers

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08/03/2010 Food is Experiential

Let’s play a variation on Where’s Waldo

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08/02/2010 What Would June Cleaver Do?

Sometimes I wonder if we think enough about the changes in social structure that have occurred over the past 50 years

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07/28/2010 Is “One a Day” truth or fiction?

I know what I’m about to say is controversial

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07/21/2010 Dinnertime

Those of you who are regular readers will realize that it has been over a week since I have posted a new blog post

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07/08/2010 The L in Mealtime

As I talked about last week, I attended a fascinating education session at a conference

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07/02/2010 The B in Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

At a recent conference, I attended a session put on by the Coca Cola

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06/30/2010 Respect for Food

A month or so ago, a colleague mentioned that what bothered her about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

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06/25/2010 Testosterone cream for weight loss?

I had an experience this morning that just made me laugh

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06/21/2010 Advertising to Kids

A few months ago, my son came home from school

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06/16/2010 Calories in Beverages

On Tuesday, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

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06/07/2010 You Tell Me – Are Chefs Nutrition Experts?

I’m trying to decide whether to be ticked off or not

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06/04/2010 The Little Mineral that Could

Last week, I blogged (is that really a verb?) about the National Dialogue on Sodium put on by the American Society for Nutrition.

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05/28/2010 Helpful information on Sodium

Last week, I participated in a webinar titled the National Dialogue on Sodium

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05/21/2010 Call to Action Responses

Earlier this week, I made a call to action to several companies

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05/17/2010 A Call to Action

A sure sign of summer in Minnesota is actually a sound

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05/10/2010 The Pop-Tobacco Connection

Are beverage companies becoming the tobacco companies of this decade?

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04/29/2010 Too Much Food

Yesterday morning, I was sitting in the Bistro

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04/21/2010 Are You Hungry?

As a health professional, I am often asked to define the biggest problem with eating habits.

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04/06/2010 Is Food Innovation Causing the Obesity Epidemic?

Is Food Innovation Causing the Obesity Epidemic? We live in a country that for all of our history has been driven against innovation.

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03/30/2010 My Soapbox About School Lunch

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution kicked off last Friday with a focus on school lunch in Huntington, West Virginia.

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02/28/2010 Myth Busters

One of the things I love most about NuVal is the myths that it busts.

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01/27/2010 Variety is the Spice of Life

“Variety is the Spice of Life.” I know it’s a corny saying, but I just couldn’t resist using it to kick-off this segment of “Expert Insights.”

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01/05/2010 Nutrient Density

If you’re old enough to remember the ‘80s, you remember the “SnackWells Diet.” What started as a recommendation to eat fewer high fat foods quickly became a belief that if you chose low fat or no fat, you could eat as much of these foods as you wanted.

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