Healthy Habits Supporting Materials
Please enjoy this comprehensive collection of reading material, recipes, nutritional and sleep resources, and stress reduction recommendation — all put together through a collaboration of our program administrators, registered dietitians and certified personal trainers.
Exercise and Physical Activity
Websites and online resources
American College of Sports MedicinePhysical Activity Guidelines
Heart Health
ACSM Position Stands
Nutrición
Websites and online resources
Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsAmerican Diabetes Association
American Institute for Cancer Research - Nutrition to Reduce Cancer Risk
Guide to Eggs by Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health Diet Reviews
The Ellyn Satter Institute - Eat and Feed with Joy
Center for Science in the Public Interest
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Vegetarian Nutrition (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
SUPPORTING RESOURCES
Healthy Habits, and our team of Registered Dietitians do not recommend or endorse a specific diet, but focus on helping participants learn to make informed, balanced choices based on the 5 core healthy habits that our curriculum covers. Any resource here that features a specific diet is offered as a resource for commonly asked questions and to offer “tools for your tool-belt,” Trying any specific diet should always be done in consultation with a Registered Dietitian to ensure your diet is well balanced and avoids potential nutritional deficiencies. Here we offer two groups of titles: “Recommended Reading” is a list of titles written by Registered Dietitians and recommended by our team of RDs as balanced and credible resources. “Food for Thought” is a list of titles written from a journalistic perspective that present interesting and important ideas that are relevant in our culture today, but are often trying to make the case for a particular viewpoint and may present supporting references selectively.
Food for Thought
Salt, Sugar, Fat; How the Food Giants Hooked UsIn Defense of Food
Food Politics, How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Unsavory Truth
How Not to Die: Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World
Sleep
Websites and online resources
American Academy of Sleep MedicineNational Healthy Sleep Awareness Project
American Sleep Association
American Sleep Apnea Association
Stress
Books
The Cortisol ConnectionMindfulness for Beginners
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Handbook
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
10% Happier Revised Edition: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Paperback – April 16, 2019
Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Animal Designs
Adult Coloring Book; Stress Relieving Designs