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  • Creating a Heart-Healthy Workplace

    Webinar for Nursing and Dietetic Professionals

    Creating a Heart-Healthy Workplace
    The Job Begins with Us!

    Date: Wednesday, May 15
    Program Archive is now available

    Creating a heart-healthy workplace can benefit both employees and employers. But to be effective, workplace wellness initiatives need champions.

     

    Learn More/View Archive »»

  • Wellness Coaching Skills to Enhance Your Client Follow-Up

    Register Now! Free CE Webinar for Dietetic Professionals and Nurses

    Wellness Coaching Skills
    to Enhance Your Client Follow-Up

    Date: Thursday, June 6                         
      Time: 1 - 2 pm ET

    "What if we stopped throwing rules and tools at people, and instead taught them how to change their thinking so they could live a healthy lifestyle?"  -Michael Scholtz, MA

     

     Learn More/Register Now! »»

  • PCNA Introduces “A Heart Healthy Toolbox” - Lifestyle Change Tools for Health Professionals and Patients

    New Patient Education Resource Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)

     

    A Heart Healthy Toolbox
    Lifestyle Change Tools for Health Care Professionals & Their Patients

    The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) has just released a suite of more than 30 downloadable patient education resources on healthy eating, energy balance, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and tobacco avoidance, plus coaching tools and worksheets for health care professionals.

      

    Learn More »»

  • Low-Calorie Sweeteners & Weight Management Help or Hindrance?

    NEW Self-Study CPE Program!

    Low-Calorie Sweeteners & Weight Management
    Help or Hindrance?

    Adam Drewnowski, PhD and Robyn Flipse, MS, RD
    Approved for 1.0 CDR-credit hour by the Commission on Dietetic Registration

     

    View Program »»

  • New Research from the CDC

    New Report from the CDC

    Consumption of Added Sugars Among U.S. Adults, 2005–2010

    Key findings:
        ♦ Added sugar calories decreased with increasing age, income
        ♦ Higher intakes among Non-Hispanic black men and women
        ♦ 67% of added sugar calories came from food (vs. 33% from beverages)
        ♦ Most added sugars calories were consumed at home

    View Report »»

  • New Infographic

    What Is Weighing Us Down?
    New Infographic Shows How Calorie Imbalance Impact Us All

    The Coca-Cola Company compiled this graphic from government data and third-party research to promote understanding of calorie (energy) balance and active, healthy living.

      

    View »»

  • Webinar for Nursing and Dietetic Professionals

    Creating a Heart-Healthy Workplace
    The Job Begins with Us!

    Date: Wednesday, May 15
    Program Archive is now available

    Creating a heart-healthy workplace can benefit both employees and employers. But to be effective, workplace wellness initiatives need champions.

     

    Learn More/View Archive »»

  • Register Now! Free CE Webinar for Dietetic Professionals and Nurses

    Wellness Coaching Skills
    to Enhance Your Client Follow-Up

    Date: Thursday, June 6                         
      Time: 1 - 2 pm ET

    "What if we stopped throwing rules and tools at people, and instead taught them how to change their thinking so they could live a healthy lifestyle?"  -Michael Scholtz, MA

     

     Learn More/Register Now! »»

  • New Patient Education Resource Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)

     

    A Heart Healthy Toolbox
    Lifestyle Change Tools for Health Care Professionals & Their Patients

    The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) has just released a suite of more than 30 downloadable patient education resources on healthy eating, energy balance, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and tobacco avoidance, plus coaching tools and worksheets for health care professionals.

      

    Learn More »»

  • NEW Self-Study CPE Program!

    Low-Calorie Sweeteners & Weight Management
    Help or Hindrance?

    Adam Drewnowski, PhD and Robyn Flipse, MS, RD
    Approved for 1.0 CDR-credit hour by the Commission on Dietetic Registration

     

    View Program »»

  • New Report from the CDC

    Consumption of Added Sugars Among U.S. Adults, 2005–2010

    Key findings:
        ♦ Added sugar calories decreased with increasing age, income
        ♦ Higher intakes among Non-Hispanic black men and women
        ♦ 67% of added sugar calories came from food (vs. 33% from beverages)
        ♦ Most added sugars calories were consumed at home

    View Report »»

  • New Infographic

    What Is Weighing Us Down?
    New Infographic Shows How Calorie Imbalance Impact Us All

    The Coca-Cola Company compiled this graphic from government data and third-party research to promote understanding of calorie (energy) balance and active, healthy living.

      

    View »»

  • Research Update from the CDC: Consumption of Added Sugars Among U.S. Adults, 2005–2010
  • Interventions that Work: Community-based Model Reduces Childhood Obesity by Over 10%
  • Hot Topic - BPA: We've collected the information you need to answer client questions about BPA
  • New Infographic: What is Weighing Us Down? How Calorie Imbalance Impact Us All
Latest Health News
  • More Time in Gym Class Equals Stronger Kids
  • Magnesium-Rich Food May Help Keep Kids' Bones Strong
  • No, really - don't shop when you're hungry: study
  • One in five adults meet overall physical activity guidelines (CDC)
  • Community-based Model Reduces Childhood Obesity by Over 10%
  • Really? Most of the Added Sugar in Our Diets Comes From Sugary Drinks (NYT)
  • To Motivate Patients to Change, Doctors Stop Scolding (WSJ)
  • Gorging at the Buffet Table? Tactics May Help You Eat Less
  • Community Gardening May Reap Body Weight Benefit
  • Tackling Diet, Exercise Together Produces Best Results
  • Inconsistent evidence to support a link between obesity and claimed food addiction (EUFIC)
  • Smartphone Way to Lose Weight
  • Do Teens Who Sleep In Stay Slimmer?
  • Kids Given Big Plates Help Themselves to More Food
  • Mental, Physical Challenges May Help Seniors Stay Sharp, Study Says
  • Obesity Does Slow People Down, Study Confirms
  • Food Additives Council Speaks Out on Dietary Phosphorus
  • Fit Kids May Dodge Fractures in Old Age
  • Sports Help Dads, Daughters Bond, Study Says
  • Distracted Eaters Likely to Take in More Calories
New Resources & Research
  • Added Sugars Consumption, U.S. Adults, 2005–2010
  • Characterizing the EPODE logic model: unravelling the past and informing the future. Van Koperen TM, Jebb SA, Summerbell CD, et al. Obes Rev. 2013 Feb;14(2):162-70.
  • Is food addiction a valid and useful concept? Ziauddeen H & Fletcher PC. Obesity Reviews 20131;4:19-28.
  • Eating attentively: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of food intake memory and awareness on eating.  Robinson E, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Feb 27.
  • Does diet-beverage intake affect dietary consumption patterns? Results from the Choose Healthy Options Consciously Everyday (CHOICE) randomized clinical trial. Piernas C, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013; Mar;97(3):604-11.
  • 45-Year Trends in Women’s Use of Time and Household Management Energy Expenditure. Archer E, et al. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8(2): e56620.
  • Plate Size and Children’s Appetite: Effects of Larger Dishware on Self-Served Portions and Intake. Katherine I. DiSantis, PhD, Leann L. Birch, PhD et al. Pediatrics peds.2012-2330; Published online April 8, 2013.
  • Food Companies' Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet. Slining MM, Ng SW, Popkin BM. Amer J Prev Med. 2013;44(2):174-184.
Spotlight
  • EPODE International Network: The World's Largest Obesity Prevention Network

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  • Is sitting on your backside dangerous? (Dr. Andrew Maynard, University of Michigan)

CPE Programs

Register Now! New Free CPE Webinar

Wellness Coaching Skills to Enhance Your Client Follow-Up
Date: Thursday, June 6
Time: 1 - 2 pm ET


Free  CDR-approved Self-Study Programs (1.0 credit hour/program)

Energy Balance in an Obese World

Low-Calorie Sweeteners & Weight Management: Help or Hindrance?

 

Useful Downloads
  • What is Weighing Us Down?  Calorie Imbalance Impacts Us All
  • Heart Healthy Toolbox: Lifestyle Change Tools for Health Care Professionals & Their Patients (PCNA)
  • Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Physical Activity Toolkit for Registered Dietitians (AND)
  • Compendium of Physical Activities

About Us

Global in scope, The Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness (BIHW) is part of The Coca-Cola Company's ongoing commitment to advance scientific knowledge, awareness and understanding of beverages, and the importance of an active, healthy and balanced lifestyle. It serves as a valued resource for health professionals and others worldwide on the science, safety and benefits of beverages and their ingredients, as well as the importance of diet, nutrition and physical activity to health and wellbeing.

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