Friday Finds

Columbia University researchers report that when overweight and obesity become the norm, overweight parents and children are increasingly likely to see their own body weight as normal:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/23/obese.underestimate.weight/

Whatever happened to play?
http://www.examiner.com/parenting-in-san-francisco/the-lost-art-of-play

Do diet foods lower your fitness?
http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/2011/03/do-diet-foods-lower-your-fitness/

A feast of food links from Mark Bittman:
http://bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/a-feast-of-food-links/?smid=tw-bittman&seid=auto

And Jamie Oliver wants you to speak up for healthier school meals:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/usda

Friday Finds

This week, a thoughtful piece on cooking as meditation that ties in beautifully with our theme of mindfulness:
http://foodpractice.com/2011/03/10/cooking-as-meditation/

From Eating Well, some fabulous ideas for enjoying avocados:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/recipe_slideshows/see_it_make_it_quick_avocado_recipes

Top 10 ways to make vegetables even more delicious:
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/?page_id=4587

And reap the health benefits of altruism while adding to the sum total of goodness in the world:

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_ways_to_become_more_altruistic/

Enjoy this beautiful spring day!

Friday Finds

Friday reads from around the Web:

In this month's Food and Wine, chefs talk about how they lose weight and keep it off, eating real food all the while:
http://bit.ly/e3kN7c

Eating a Mediterranean diet may improve factors related to risk of heart disease and diabetes:
http://reut.rs/fCEQxt

"Stealth vegetables" offer a double helping of dietary benefit:
http://bit.ly/i7r82o

And next time you're sleepless, try some nuts:
http://bit.ly/i57jVT

Have a good weekend.

Finds

 Some interesting reading this week:

A review of more than 160 studies by one of the deans of happiness research finds "clear and compelling evidence" that happy people live longer and experience better health:  http://bit.ly/hcDU74

An interesting post from the Make Friends With Food blog asks how we can fill the hole that Americans stuff with fast food:  http://makefriendswithfood.blogspot.com/

Customizable soups from the fabulous Mark Bittman:  http://nyti.ms/eRuDcl

And a group of nuns in Philadelphia asks McDonald's to explain what it's doing to address health concerns related to fast food:  http://n.pr/h1sMZm

Enjoy, and have a terrific weekend!