Topics covered this week include:

Topics covered this week: better watch your butter, hold the salt, grow younger, meatless or less meat?

Topics covered this week: healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer, drink fewer calories, add color to your plate, eat more whole grains.

Topics covered this week: “Live Fit for Life” at the AgCenter, lifestyle changes mean permanency, eat less and save money, consider weight training in your regime, tofu or not – that is the question

Topics covered this week: Louisiana legislator meets the challenge – guest blog, diet and exercise are perfect pair, dietitian shares secrets to health lifestyle – guest blog, two steps to success, pediatrician calls for action on childhood obesity – guest blog

Topics covered this week: Shreveport TV anchor joins the challenge – guest blog, nutrition versus exercise, change requires long-term commitment, low-calorie diets cost more, learning from the numbers

Topics covered this week: read snack labels, backslide blues, buddies help with lifestyle change, motivation, eat your veggies

Topics covered this week: scientific nutrition advice, turn off TV and burn off calories, growing your own vegetables – guest blog, importance of sleep and a healthy lifestyle

Topics covered this week: wellness challenge – guest blogger; national nutrition month in Louisiana too; changing lifestyles takes time; spring forward with exercise; a walking legislator – guest blogger

Topics covered this week: Oklahoma City mayor and his city-on-a-diet plan, keeping the waistline in check, watching belly fat, sweet potatoes all year long, crawfish are good for you

Topics covered this week: smart food shopping, the devastation of diabetes, go for greens, a drop in cholesterol

Topics covered this week: approach salad bars cautiously, eat Louisiana strawberries, bone up on your calcium, get more sleep, choose a lifestyle change rather than a “diet”

Topics covered this week: 4-H’er Lauren Ogles’ guest blog, nutritional value of spices, healthy snacks, a little chocolate goes a long way, keep fresh with fruits and vegetables.

Topics covered this week: guest blogger Todd Tarifa; involve your family in lifestyle change; food likes can change; water – the drink of choice.

Topics covered this week: guest blogger Alan Hogan, fish oils and omega-3 fatty acids,food logs, exercise logs, four month progress report, what to eat (or not) during the super bowl.

Topics covered this week: king cakes and calories, weight training and protein, coffee and tea, diabetes, guest blogger Kip Holden

Topics covered this week: Exercise, vitamin D, cholesterol, LDL/HDL, BMI, smart portions

Topics covered this week: DEXA test, cholesterol, BMI, antioxidants, motivation, childhood obesity, vitamin C

Topics covered this week: Holiday eating, muscle and joint flexibility, motivation.

Topics covered this week: Walking the dog, patience.

Topics covered this week: Sedentary lifestyles, perspiration, childhood obesity, food choices, exercise logs.

Topics covered this week: Personal goals, walking, dietary fat, motivation, holiday sweets.

Topics covered this week: Carbohydrates, snacking, boredom, two-month review.

Topics covered this week: Thanksgiving, working out, moderation.

Topics covered this week: Discipline, sleep, breakfast, business meals, ideal body weight.

Topics covered this week: Organic foods, Chancellor Richardson's blood test, obesity in Louisiana, gender and aging.

Topics covered this week: Halloween candy, traveling, exercise logs, farmer's markets.

Topics covered this week: Obesity in Britain, fruit, vegetables, dairy products.

Topics covered this week: Commitment to a healthy lifestyle, eating out, snacking, fluids, whole grains.

Topics covered this week: Total cholesterol, obesity, nutrition plans, exercise, nutritional supplements.

Topics covered this week: Portion control, BMI, the three P's, carbohydrates.