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February 28, 2013

“Be One in a Million Hearts”

Did you know that Heart Disease is the number one killer in the United States?  Preventing heart disease is the campaign of “Million Hearts.”  The goal is to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over the next few years. What can you do to prevent heart attacks?  Million Hearts has examined the research and […]

Categories: Mind and Body
Tags: behavior change, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, eating, health, healthy eating, heart health, nutrition, physical activity, setting goals, stress, strokes

December 29, 2010

Changing Behavior: How Do We Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick?

Behavior happens because it is something we have done over and over, i. e. it is a habit, OR it is something that we do because we have a reason for doing it.  Changing behavior, therefore, requires different strategies for these different types of behavior.  Researchers have studied intentional and habitual behavior and have some […]

Categories: Family and Relationships, Food, Mind and Body, Money
Tags: behavior change, finances, fruits and vegetables, money management, physical activity, setting goals

May 3, 2010

They Add Up Fast: Calculate Your Small Repeated Expenses

The small repeated expenses are the “budget busters” for many people.  It can be hard to know the impact of these small items on your overall expense picture without adding them up. The eXtension Financial Security for All web site features a new calculator for estimating the annual cost of small repeated expenses.  Go to […]

Categories: Money
Tags: behavior change, Budgeting, finances, money management, personal finance

January 4, 2010

Think Simple with this Year’s Diet Resolutions

New year, new you?  Think that requires drastic change?  Here’s a reason not to adopt the latest diet outlawing your favorite food group.  Changing habits is a gradual process of tweaking and making adjustments in behavior. It’s not something you can turn on like a light switch.  So forgot about adopting rules will you will break before the end […]

Categories: Food
Tags: behavior change, diet

August 25, 2009

Finding “Added” Sugars in Food

The nutrition science has pointed to added sugar in the diet as a problem for a long time (linking it to high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, and obesity), but until yesterday, there was no set amount that was recommended.  How much is too much?  2 cookies or 5 cookies a day?  2 can of […]

Categories: Food
Tags: behavior change, sugar

July 28, 2009

Responding to Today’s Financial Challenges: Can We Change Our Old Ways?

Recently, most of us have had many opportunities to consider the financial condition of our economy and how that impacts us.  For some of us, this is the time to change the way we have been managing our money. But, altering our behavior is not easy.  In fact, changing money habits can be especially difficult. […]

Categories: Money
Tags: behavior change, finances, money management, personal finance, setting goals

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