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Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)

Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)

HEDIS is a set of performance measures that are used to compare health plan performance and measure the quality of health plans. These measures were created by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). About 90% of health plans use HEDIS as a standard to measure the performance of their plan. The data is tracked from year to year to measure the performance of the health plan and thus provide information regarding the population served.

The data that is collected is used to monitor the health of the general population, evaluate treatment outcomes, etc., and the data is collected

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Can food banks better promote nutrition and health?

Can food banks better promote nutrition and health?

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An estimated 53 million people in the US turned to food banks and community programs to help put food on the table in 2021. In recent decades, food banks have adopted policies and practices to make sure people not only have access to food but also healthy and nutritious food.

But until now, food banks have had several ways to evaluate those initiatives.

University of California, Davis, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Cassandra Nguyen led a team of researchers to develop the Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment to address that concern. Their findings were published

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8 Proven Tips for a Good Night Sleep that Actually Work

8 Proven Tips for a Good Night Sleep that Actually Work

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Getting good quality sleep at night is pivotal for a person’s mental and physical health. Falling short of that takes a serious toll on a person’s energy, productivity, weight and emotional state. It invites a whole host of illnesses and issues. Making small changes to a person’s overall nighttime routine can do wonders in improving their quality of sleep and can help in managing some sleep related issues. It can also make them wake up feeling well rested, balanced and full of energy for the day ahead.

There are a whole host of issues that interfere with

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How to Build Healthy Eating Habits with These 21 Simple Tips

How to Build Healthy Eating Habits with These 21 Simple Tips

When it comes to food, everyone takes a different approach. How—and what—you choose to eat is unique (or at the very least, it should be!). From food preferences to religious traditions and habits, many factors influence your grocery basket. And this is a beautiful thing. We’re bio-individuals, after all. In many ways, what you eat is a celebration of your lifestyle, beliefs and goals. Accessibility and appetite play a part, too. That said, many of us have lost our ability to have a normal relationship with food. In turn, we embody a fearful and resentful attitude toward eating. Hello, diet

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On healthy eating, we’re still set up to fail

On healthy eating, we’re still set up to fail

In case you missed it, there’s been a cake-related furore in the news this week. Professor Susan Jebb, chair of the Food Standards Agency and professor of diet and population health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, infuriated office workers across the country when she said in The Times that if people didn’t bring cakes into the office, she wouldn’t eat them.

“Horrendous Nanny Statist”, the Institute of Economic Affairs labeled her. Twitter users called her untrustworthy, accused her of having impulse control issues and posted taunting pictures of their cakes (“Prof

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Research Shows a Lower Protein Diet Could Be the Key to Healthier Eating Habits

Research Shows a Lower Protein Diet Could Be the Key to Healthier Eating Habits

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By the time they were 18 months old, infants who began receiving taster portions of the new Nordic diet were eating 46% more vegetables than those who had fed a conventional diet.

Introducing infants and toddlers to a lower-protein Nordic-style diet that places an emphasis on plant-based foods could allow them to obtain healthy eating habits

New research recently presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) suggests that the key to healthier eating habits may be

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Man to eat nothing but Taco Bell for 30 days to prove it’s healthy

Man to eat nothing but Taco Bell for 30 days to prove it’s healthy

A Virginia man said he was going to eat nothing but Taco Bell for 30 days in an attempt to prove that someone can eat a healthy diet eating nothing but fast food.

Sam Reid told WDBJ-TV that he was motivated by a news articles that claimed Taco Bell is one of the healthiest fast food restaurants.

He said he would eat three meals a day at Taco Bell, and would consume each menu item at least once.

“My hypothesis is that healthy fast food can actually help you become healthier,” he told WDBJ.

He intends to have checkups with

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