Whole Life H.E.A.L.T.H

Learn about the second factor in the H.E.A.L.T.H. acronym: education. Get ready for a crash course in the fundamentals of nutrition, then hear about best practices with regards to exercise, sleep, and stress.

Check out these helpful links for further guidance along your health journey:

Health Benefits of Dietary Fiber

Lycopene and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Mediterranean Diet 101

What is a Plant-Forward Diet?

Harvard Healthy Eating Plate

To Taste Knife Skills 101 Course

World Health Organization Physical Activity Guidelines

Learn about the first factor in the H.E.A.L.T.H. acronym: home environment. Discover one of the mottos that people living in the Blue Zones use to enable long and healthy lives and how you can incorporate it into your life!

Check out these helpful links for further guidance and information along your health journey:

To Taste Shopping Guide

Using a Socioecological Approach to Identify Factors Associated with Adolescent Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

Food insecurity, diet quality and body mass index of women participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: The role of intrapersonal, home environment, community and social factors

Relationships Among the Physical and Social Home Food Environments, Dietary Intake, and Diet Quality in Mothers and Children

Associations Among Maternal Employment Status and Weight-Related Cognitions, Home Environment Characteristics, Behaviors, and BMI

Weight-Related Aspects of the Home Environment Among Parent Racial/Ethnic Groups

Relationships between Energy Balance Knowledge and the Home Environment

Determinants of Healthy Food Choices among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Matt Walker TED Talk: Sleep is Your Superpower

Hello! Welcome to the Whole Life H.E.A.L.T.H podcast. Meet your host, Lexi Endicott, a registered dietitian and certified culinary medicine specialist. In this first episode, we'll go over the meaning of the H.E.A.L.T.H acronym, and why exploring these six, often over-looked factors of health can help bridge the gap between health information and action.