As the weather gets warmer and summer approaches, many struggle with body image. Oftentimes, social media feeds are filled with influencers promoting workout plans and diets for a “summer body” or a “beach body”. The idea of a “summer body” is used by the diet [...]
Before this year ends, there are certainly many more holidays to be celebrated. November is best known for Thanksgiving; it is the time where friends and families get together and celebrate. Now that there are many more different varieties of diets, food habits are indeed [...]
To what extent are you aware of the effects food has on your mood? With the uncertainties of COVID-19, it is likely for us to not pay attention to what we’re eating. Some of us may tend to eat a lot more when we’re stressed [...]
The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for weight gain. The average American gains five pounds or more between Halloween and New Year’s Day. Unfortunately, over time this weight is rarely lost. Exercise helps us to avoid weight gain or to maintain our [...]
Adolescant obesity is when a 2-19 year old person has a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile per the CDC sex-specific BMI-for-age growth charts. BMI is one value used to define weight status by comparing your height to weight ratio to [...]
Many things have changed since the unwelcomed arrival of COVID-19, disrupting our daily schedules. Some of us are now working from home or not working at all, which causes quite a bit of stress. The sudden shift in routine could mean that some of [...]
Many things have changed since the unwelcomed arrival of COVID-19, disrupting our daily schedules. Some of us are now working from home or not working at all, which causes quite a bit of stress. The sudden shift in routine could mean that some of us [...]
Staying at and working from home is new territory for a lot of us. Our routines have been disrupted and the world as we know it is constantly changing. In these uncertain times, it is easy to feel out of control. However, I am here [...]
Here at Capital EAP we take pride in being able to share knowledge about mental health topics that we think may be of interest to our readers, whether it be related to mood, self-care, depression, anxiety, relationships, and even what we consume and put into [...]
Happy National Nutrition Month (NNM)! What better to celebrate my first full month serving the members of Capital Counseling and EAP?! Though my gut told me to write a defense piece highlighting the nutritional value and versatility of potatoes (which someday I will write!), I [...]
