It Happened This Week: Food as Medicine, Andie Mcdowell, and the Pill

by Emily on May 14, 2010

A marathon runner nears the finish line.

Diet blog has an inspiring post about getting fit…one step at a time. In time, the writer went from wheezing around the block to training for her first half marathon.

Sherry Mayrent, aka Fat Lady on a Bike, blogs about why she feltĀ  our new Food as Medicine program was right for her, and how she’s handling this new adventure in wellness as she begins it.

The folks over at Blisstree interviewed Andie Mcdowell, 52, about her daily fitness routine and her new role as spokesperson for Time to Talk Cardio.

With the recent news about overweight kids getting bullied, CNN looks at how comments made by our own family can influence body image.

Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project offers a video about meditating on koans, stories or sayings that can stimulate mindfulness.

The birth control pill is turning 50, and Forbes offers a retrospective on how the pill changed women’s professional lives.

Jolene Hart offers lessons mothers can teach their daughters about body image and self care.

Photo by KaiChanVong via Flickr.

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