Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE has been a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition for the past thirty years.  She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center.  She tells us how exercise and eating well are linked.

Eating a diet that does not have enough healthy vegetables and fruits causes a lot of health problems.  And, while unhealthy foods are often cheap to buy, they can be expensive to our health over the long run.

Here are some important facts you should know about corn and sugar:

Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE got interested in nutrition in high school. She thought it would be exciting to combine her two interests:  science and working with people directly. Now, as part of her role at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, she's starting to do community education­-helping organizations include nutrition lessons into their activities. She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. Here, she tells us some of the major nutrition lessons she wants to share with the community.

The most common reason why we gain weight is because we are taking in more calories than we are burning on a daily basis.  What people don't realize, is that the reason we consume so many calories is often due to what we are drinking, not what we are eating.  Drinking beverages that are high in calories (unless it is a protein shake or fitnes

Did you know that over the past 30-40 years, the size of dinner plates has increased, from about nine inches across in the past to about 12 inches across today? 

Ever want to burn a few calories without going to the gym? Try some of these quick and fun activities that are super easy to incorporate into your daily routine:

• Go for a walk outside. Your speed doesn't matter so much as you are out there walking.