Food and Fitness Fundamentals Nutrition Labels: The inside story Many of you probably already glance at food labels, whether it’s scoping out calories, fat or sodium. This resource of information provided on most packaged food products can be a very powerful tool to help ensure that you are consuming a healthy and well balanced diet. […]
Corvallis Clinic Health Information Blog
Food and Fitness Fundamentals
My name is Lori Dodds, and I have been a staff member of The Corvallis Clinic for 20 years as a registered and licensed dietitian. I am excited to introduce a new wellness-related feature discussing various aspects of healthy living for The Corvallis Clinic Website. Using a dietitian’s perspective, I hope to regularly provide useful […]
Quiting Tobacco
As The Corvallis Clinic prepares to go tobacco-free on May 31, I’d like to share a letter from a person who struggled with quitting smoking, but succeeded, and has been free of tobacco for eight years. She wrote this letter to her cigarettes: Dear Salem 100 (my lifelong affair) and American Spirit (my 20 one […]
Promoting a Healthy Workplace
People spend most of their awake hours on the job. So, the workplace culture has a strong impact on an employee’s health and well being. When employers offer programs to support employee wellness, they report substantial positive results Here are some other ways to promote a healthy workplace: Encourage employees to be more active each […]
