Depression and anxiety are linked to happiness and there’s plenty that can be done from a young age

August 14, 2014 By 19 Comments

In the last blog, I talked about the World Happiness Report 2013 and began to explore the links between mental health and happiness. I want to explore this in furtherContinue Reading

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Fantastic Q&A on Exercise and Depression

August 9, 2010 By 3 Comments

Our wonderful advisory board member, Kirsten Straughan, was kind enough to let iFred present to the students in UIC’s Human Nutrition program, preparing students to become registered dieticians.  Students interested in volunteeringContinue Reading

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Exercise and Stress

October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Why aren’t we requiring that children have exercise FIRST THING every morning? It should be the first event of the day – and maybe 15 minutes after lunch. Fit childrenContinue Reading

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