Bariatric surgery is a surgical procedure to help patients lose weight, reduce the risk of life threatening conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, and improve the overall quality of life.
Weight loss surgery is not a cure for obesity.  It is, however, a powerful tool to help you jump-start your weight loss and begin your [...]

The following is republished from the Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) blog and is a story about a young woman learning to be healthy by exercising and eating right through WakeMed’s Energize! program.  Her exciting results and new outlook on life are detailed below.   Thank you AHA for allowing us to share this inspirational [...]

The Washington Post recently published an article that provides suggestions on how to use technology to get or stay healthier in 2012.  Some solutions are as simple as a Smartphone app and some are as complicated as genomic analysis.  Either way, it is an interesting read and may offer some easy ideas to help 2012 be [...]

Recently, UNC Health Care released a study examining whether or not parents of overweight children remember being told by their doctor that their child was overweight.  Not surprisingly, only 25 percent of parents remember having this conversation with their doctor.
There are many reasons why parents may not remember this conversation with their doctor. 
1. First and [...]

Throughout the month of November in celebration of American Diabetes Month, we will bring you facts about the prevention and the management of prediabetes and diabetes – starting with prediabetes and Type 1 and 2 Diabetes.
Recently the American Diabetes Association surveyed the American public to find out how much people know about diabetes. The results [...]

In a week, North Carolinians across our state will gather around the dinner table and give thanks for our blessings in life. We’ll indulge in all the holiday favorites that make Thanksgiving a meal to remember. And if I have it my way, those favorites will be as healthy as they are delicious.
Just in time [...]

Throughout the month of November in celebration of American Diabetes Month, we will bring you facts about the prevention and the management of prediabetes and diabetes – starting with prediabetes.
According to the American Diabetes Association more than 79 million Americans have prediabetes.  In other words, their blood sugar levels are elevated, but not high enough [...]

With blistering temperatures scalding the Triangle Area, I’m left to wonder if there’s a cool day in sight. While we hazily dream about crisp fall weather, let’s take a break from the scorching heat with refreshing recipes sure to quench your thirst for cooler days. This month, I put my nutrition know-how to the test [...]

In the peak of the summer, a time when we all try to be a little slimmer, there’s nothing better than digging into a plate of fresh, delicious eats as good for the body as they are for the taste buds. And this month, when fresh, local vegetables are at their peak, eating a little [...]

I will never forget the first potluck I went to at my church several years ago. There was fried chicken, biscuits and potato dishes as far as the eye can see and not a green vegetable in sight, or any other color vegetable for that matter. Of course, being the dietitian in the church, I [...]