Marriage involves a daily tango of negotiations, some big and some small. Sensing your partner’s lead and moving together takes skill and patience.

Food relationships. Most women have them. It seems less true for men, based on anecdotal discussions about weight loss, but I’m sure some do.

As a working mom and a physician, I know it can be hard to find the time to exercise. The good news is that the medical literature tells us you can add up 10 minute bursts of exercise

What does pancreatitis have to do with obesity? Plenty. The link between the two is gallstone disease, the #1 cause of acute pancreatitis.

Do you know your fasting blood sugar? If anyone in your family has diabetes, or if you’re overweight, you should!

Eating healthy on the weekends requires a different set of skills than following a healthy diet during the week.

Balancing Act: Managing Your Weight On Vacation Or…How To Stay Healthy In The Land Of Meat, Potatoes & Bread.

If you don’t know your BMI, please start here and calculate it before reading any further. http://1.usa.gov/XBIO5L. The goal is to keep it under 25.

Dietary diversity, or eating a wide variety of foods, is recommended to ensure consumption of all the different nutrients we need for good health.

Here is portion control’s dirty little secret: you never have to think about portion control if you are eating raw produce. If it comes from a plant, straight out of the dirt, there really isn’t a limit on portion size.