Weight Management

Non-exercise physical activity has a measurable energy expenditure, which goes down when animals engage in voluntary exercise, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read More

Faculty and staff can now check blood pressure and weight with Higi machines, which make staying on top of your health numbers convenient, simple, fun and rewarding. Read More

Many people manage to lose weight, but few of them keep it off. Learn how the successful few avoid regaining weight in this article from MySouthernHealth.com. Read More

Final weigh-ins for this year's Hold the Stuffing program take place Jan. 11–22. Read More

The VRWC's Biggest Winner program combines exercise, nutrition, and wellness to help you lose weight and build the skills necessary to reach your personal health goals. Read More

See if you qualify for Vanderbilt Healthier You, a free personalized weight management program. Read More

The green of St. Patrick’s Day is a symbol of the luck of the Irish, and Vanderbilt nutrition educator Stacey Kendrick says when it comes to good food, green can bring good luck to our health, too. “The Dietary Guidelines for Americans wants you to eat your… Read More

For people with diabetes, watching their waistline is an important way to help control their blood glucose and lower the risk for complications from the illness. Read More

The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center and Health Plus present “A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Weight” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, and again from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Jan. 14 in the VRWC Demonstration Kitchen. Read More

The Occupational Health Clinic at Vanderbilt and Health Plus offer a free program for VU employees who want help losing weight. Read More

Obesity is no longer evaluated by just weight. Learn more. Read More

Say no to yo-yo dieting by joining the fall session of Weight Watchers at Work at Vanderbilt. Read More

(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness, in conjunction with Health Plus, offers a holistic approach for adults to promote healthy nutrition, motivation, physical activity, empowerment and well-being. The next program will be offered on Tuesdays at noon. Free orientation sessions will be held Aug. Read More

  What if you could eat more and still lose weight? How about reduce disease and increase your lifespan? Sounds too good to be true, but Vanderbilt’s Barb Cramer talks with Vanderbilt School of Nursing’s nutrition expert Jamie Pope about choice foods that can help you… Read More

A new 10-week session of Weight Watchers at Work meetings starts Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at the Student Life Center. This group meets at 11 a.m. in Meeting Room 3, lower level. Pay for the program when you join. You can join any time and the cost… Read More

(image courtesy of Health Plus/Vanderbilt) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness, in conjunction with Vanderbilt’s Health Plus Faculty & Staff Wellness  Program, offers the Vanderbilt Weight Workshop, a holistic approach to promoting healthy nutrition, motivation, physical activity, empowerment and well-being. Discounts and partial reimbursements offered… Read More

Photo courtesy of Health Plus/Vanderbilt The Dayani Center for Health and Wellness, in conjunction with Vanderbilt’s Health Plus Faculty & Staff Wellness  Program, offers the Vanderbilt Weight Workshop, a holistic approach to promoting healthy nutrition, motivation, physical activity, empowerment and well-being. The… Read More

A new 9-week session of Weight Watchers at Work meetings starts March 7 at the Student Life Center. The difference between At Work meetings and traditional Weight Watchers meetings is that all costs are paid in sessions. This means that everything is paid at the… Read More

The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness, in conjunction with Health Plus, is offering the Vanderbilt Weight Workshop, a holistic approach to promoting healthy nutrition, motivation, physical activity, empowerment and well-being for adults. A Tuesday evening class (5:30-7 p.m.) is forming with FREE orientation… Read More

To participate in Hold the Stuffing, weigh in at a Health Plus Hold the Stuffing station before Thanksgiving (Nov. 14-19) and again after New Year’s. If you maintain your weight within two pounds, you will be entered into a drawing for one of 10 $50… Read More