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A mom said a teacher’s aide refused to unwrap her 5-year-old son’s snack cake because it was ‘unhealthy.’ She’s using the viral moment to denounce diet culture.

by YuliaJun 27, 2023

Screenshots of Griffiths' TikTok storytime series she's calling 'lunchboxgate.' — Griffiths has christened the saga “Lunchboxgate” on TikTok.tiktok.com/@ashy_anne_

Ashlee Griffiths said her son came home from school crying because he couldn’t eat the cake she packed for him.
The five-year-old said the teacher’s aide refused to open it because it was “unhealthy.”
Griffiths complained to the school, and wanted to inspire dialogue about using neutral language around food.

An Australian mom took to TikTok followers for advice after she said a teacher’s aide at her five-year-old son’s school refused to help him open a snack cake she’d packed in his lunchbox because it was “unhealthy.”

Ashlee Griffiths, a comedic

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Time to become Virtually perfect

by YuliaMar 20, 2023

Some might believe that the COVID ’19 pandemic was the harbinger of a heightened digital health wave, while others might believe that the pandemic simply hastened the process of its evolution and adoption. I, for one, stand by the latter. The Digital Health market size was around US$ 195.1 billion in 2021, and is estimated to substantially grow to around US$ 780.05 billion by 2030¹. The spending on digital healthcare solutions is estimated to reach US$ 244 billion by 2025². Digital Health companies have been slowly simmering, brewing, adapting, and growing, and seizing the market when the time

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12 tips for healthy eating on a budget

by YuliaFeb 02, 2023

It’s never been more important to eat healthily, but eating a variety of fruit, vegetables, and other nutritious foods has become harder for individuals and families in recent years, with food prices surging. We’ve got 12 tips for healthy eating on a budget, to ensure you and your family are eating well every day.

According to the US Department of Agriculture (opens in new tab), at least one in 10 US households was food insecure at least some time during 2020, and 5.1m households had very low food security. Experts define food insecurity as being unable to access affordable

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Health and Wellness-Themed Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

by YuliaJan 29, 2023

As the battle against coronavirus continues, health and wellness have become a top priority. And as Mother’s Day is fast approaching, what better gift to give to mothers in your life than something that will help them stay on top of their health.

Health-conscious or not, I’m sure your mom, wife, grandmother, sister or friend will put these health-inspired gift ideas for good use. The list isn’t just about good food and fitness, it also includes gifts that will take care of their mental and emotional health too.

Self-Care and Healthy Living Book

First on my list is the book

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

by YuliaJan 24, 2023

Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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

by YuliaJan 22, 2023

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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