One of the misconceptions about food and nutrition that drives nutrition professionals crazy is when people categorize food as all good...

Misconceptions are a nemesis to food and nutrition professionals. On one extreme are claims that a little gummy chew will melt away...

What is jargon? According to the dictionary, jargon is “special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group...

Has your communication ever been misinterpreted? Have you ever misinterpreted the messages or intentions of the communication of others?...

When we are overwhelmed, where does the fault lie? With ourselves or others? If we are honest, we must admit our role in taking on more than is reasonable, expecting higher standards than necessary, or not communicating our limitations clearly when others demand more of our time or energy than we can give. These are all in our power to control. We are not powerless in preventing and overcoming overwhelm. Overcome overwhelm by following A-B-C This post is the third in a 3-par

What does it mean to you to feel overwhelmed? Like a juggler who can’t keep all your props in the air? Like you’re drowning? Or buried? Ask a student or faculty member at the end of a semester, an employee going through a reorganization or job change, or a parent juggling work and home, how they feel, and you are likely to hear a description of feeling overwhelmed. What does it mean to be overwhelmed? To be overwhelmed is to have more than we can manage realistically. It can

In the field of food and nutrition, a common point of confusion is the concept of risk. Much of our dietary guidance stems from the goal...

Is using AI smart? Is it safe? That is the question... Just one day before publishing this post, the New York Times published an article...

Artificial intelligence (AI) language models like ChatGPT, BLOOM, and OPT-175B are a hot topic of conversation in academic circles. What...

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National Nutrition Month® is a campaign of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, held each year in March, to “focus attention on the...

When you open your mouth to speak, what is the first sound you utter? Is it um or ah as you decide what to say? When you give a speech or...

We may be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, but can we effectively and accurately complete more complex tasks or projects while...

The pursuit of happiness. A right listed in the U.S. Declaration of Independence along with life and liberty. A call to personal well-being and growth. What can help us to pursue happiness? Make gratitude a way of life. Are you grateful? Not just this moment, or on Thanksgiving, or when things are going well, but even on ordinary days or when challenging times come your way? Is gratitude a way of life? Would you like it to be? So far in our series on gratitude, we defined gra

Do you want to be more successful in your personal and professional life? Who doesn’t!? When thinking about factors that could lead to greater success, gratitude probably doesn’t make most people’s top 10 list, but maybe it should. The second post in this series, Did you know gratitude is good for you? lists 30 ways we benefit from experiencing gratitude. We learned that the impact of gratitude is measurable and may be greater than we thought. One area in which gratitude c

Do you feel grateful? Do you say thank you or write notes of appreciation? Are you characterized by an “attitude of gratitude”? In the first post in our gratitude series, What is gratitude? we explored how we can feel, express, and embody gratitude in our lives. Does having grateful feelings, expressing them, and making gratitude a way of life make a difference? Yes. A big difference. Bigger than you might have thought. Gratitude is good for you. Let me count the ways. The b

Does the idea of speaking in public cause you to feel anxious? Do you avoid situations that require speaking in front of others? Does...

Do you remember the first time you were asked to introduce a speaker? Maybe you were handed a 10-page resume listing hundreds of...

Have you ever been asked “Tell me about yourself” or “What do you do?”? Are you prepared with a succinct response clearly conveying the...

Small talk – it gets a bad rap – it’s fashionable to dislike and make fun of. Does small talk deserve a negative image? Or does it have...