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Is the size of your plate making you overeat?
/in Children's Eating Habits, Healthy Eating, Meal Planning, News, Portion control /by shm@rkAt Waitplate we talk a lot about the psychology behind food and how sensible eating comes down to retraining our brain and eating habits. One of those habits is re-educating our brain to understand portion sizes visually (as seen through our portion control plates). In the Western World in particular, we have become conditioned into […]
‘Clock genes’ and weight gain
/in Healthy Lifestyle, Hunger Satiety, News /by shm@rkEveryone of us has a ‘body clock.’ It’s the special genes that us humans have to ensure our body and brain are getting enough rest and enough nutrients to function. These special genes are actually clocked ‘clock genes‘ and are the reason for us maintaining a reoccurring circadian rhythm that regulates our other genes. As […]
Michelle Bridges speaks out about childhood obesity on ABC’s Australian Story
/in Children's Eating Habits, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, News, Portion control /by shm@rkChildhood obesity is a hot topic and with good reason. There is an estimated 1.5 million people in Australia under the age of 18 that are considered overweight or obese. This transcends into approximately 20-25% of Australian children being overweight or obese. Alarmingly, if this trends continues one third of Australian children will be obese […]
How your food is affecting your mood
/in Healthy Eating, Meal Planning, News /by shm@rkThe best example we can all relate to in regards to a particular food group affecting our mood is the famous ‘sugar rush’ we experience after eating a bar of chocolate. It’s that burst of energy we receive as our taste buds revel in the sweetness and our brains go into overdrive. Then it wears […]
How setting your table can make a difference
/in Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Meal Planning, News /by shm@rkMany of us are guilty of using our dining room table for everything but eating. A dumping ground for paperwork and laptops, folding the laundry, kids toys, the list goes on. Try and think back to the day you went and purchased your dining room set. It was probably one of your biggest furniture purchases […]
UK taxes sugary drinks as childhood obesity figures continue to increase
/in Children's Eating Habits, Healthy Lifestyle, News, Portion control /by shm@rkThe United Kingdom government has announced that as of 2018 there will be a tax on any drinks with more than 5 grams of sugar per every 100ml. The announcement comes as the problem of childhood obesity in the United Kingdom continues to rise as well as ongoing health issues from the over-consumption of sugary […]
Eating behaviours that are affecting our children’s behaviour
/in Children's Eating Habits, Healthy Eating, News /by shm@rkIn the last few decades in particular there has been an overall spike in the amount of conditions and ‘behavourial disorders’ that are being used on children. Whilst there is a need for understanding behavioural patterns of children that may need assistance, there also needs to be more emphasis on not only the food in […]
Why sustaining your weight as just as important as losing it
/in Healthy Eating, Meal Planning, News, Tools and Resources /by shm@rkMany diets or eating plans have a primary focus on loosing weight but then once the weight is lost, many people are left to their own devices which means they more often than not, end up back with their own eating habits. Eating habits are actually behaviours learned and as with any behaviour – or […]