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I’m sure that many of you who have grandchildren have rolled your eyes at the new infant feeding practices foisted upon your precious grandbabies! I can hear it now, “what was wrong with the old way of feeding babies, my kids turned out just fine?” Well, time marches on and so do advances in infantContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Note to Grandparents; No Need to Freak Out Over the Way Your Grandchildren are Fed”

February is the month where we turn attention to affairs of the heart. Of course, there is Valentine’s Day on the 14th, but it is also American Heart Month, designed to raise awareness about heart disease and how you can prevent it. Today s post,  is written by Dr. Bob Murray, co-author of Food & Fitness After 50, andContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Meet the Zippendales”

Managing your weight after 50 brings some challenges, but not obstacles that can’t be overcome. It’s true that as we age there are changes to our body composition, including: Increase in abdominal fat (the dreaded “belly fat”) Increase in  fat deposits in muscles, heart, and liver Increase in body weight until about age 70 RedistributionContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Assessing Your Weight”

Recently retired, Idie, age 65, spent 25 years as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). She became a Registered Nurse in 1986. While working at an Atlanta area hospital a newly opened diabetes program was interviewing for a nurse-educator. “At the time I was working what is called a “Baylor Plan,” working 12-hour shifts on theContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Applying Lessons as a Diabetes Educator to Healthy Aging”

One of the joys of writing Food & Fitness After 50 is the correspondence with those of you who are eating well and moving well. One day I opened my email to find a request from Greg, age 59, asking me to be a guest on his podcast, Fathers After 50. After our interview, which was moreContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Fathers After 50”

This post was written by Dr. Bob Murray, co-author of Food & Fitness After 50. “I’m not going to get younger, so my goal is to maintain or improve what I have,” said Karen when asked about her food-and-fitness goals for the future.  At age 71, Karen leads an active lifestyle, although one that is farContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Embrace Life’s Challenges”

“The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low, and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo Last year, I shared that each December, my husband and I update our family mission statement, vision, and goals for the new year. (For the post, clickContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Updating Your Personal Mission Statement to Eat Well, Move Well, and Be Well in 2019”

“The healthier I eat, the more energy I have for exercise. The more I exercise, the more I want to eat healthier food. For me, one leads to the other.”                                                    Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Consider a Personal Trainer to Reach Your Fitness Goals”

I was invited to luncheon symposium on communicating alcohol guidelines to consumers while in Washington, DC for my annual food and nutrition conference. The lunch was sponsored by the Distilled Spirits Council* and after the event I reached out to Senior Vice-President of the council and former Division Director at the National Institute on AlcoholContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Answering Your Questions on Alcohol and Aging”

After hip replacement surgery I was looking for a class that would continue my rehabilitation and help me be more flexible, agile, and coordinated as I approached my mid-60s. I found it, and so much more, at a twice weekly 60-minute “yo-flex” class at my local YMCA. The class combines classical yoga poses, with PilatesContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: A, B, Cs of Aging (Agility, Balance, and Coordination)”