Home Health & Hospice Week

Try these 2 simple strategies in lieu of counting calories. Between the stress of making sure patients always get the care they need and the temptation to eat drive-through food on the run, visiting staff can all too easily consume too much food. In fact, many people become overweight by adding a few pounds a year until a decade down the road, they have a disheartening amount of pounds to lose. Yet people who lose weight should do so  lowly, says dietitian Sarah-Jane Bedwell, a nutritional specialist in Nashville, Tenn. First steps: Eat regularly to avoid slowing down your metabolism, advises Bedwell. Also, "people who are overly hungry when they do eat tend to overeat or make poor choices, leading to more  eight gain." Also think of your plate as having four sections, advises Bedwell. "One fourth of it should have a lean meat, one fourth some sort of starch [...]