ABOUT AMY HENDEL

Amy Hendel is a popular and recognizable medical and lifestyle reporter, nutritionist, Health Coach, health host, brand ambassador and health media consultant. She is author of The 4 Habits of Healthy Families and Fat Families Thin Families. She can be seen hosting What's for Lunch, Food Rescue, and Simple Smoothies online, and as a guest expert on shows that include Today, The Early Show, Marie, Access Hollywood Live, The 700 Club, and other news and talk shows nationwide. Amy has helped to frame a number of health campaigns, hosting for companies including Kraft, Nutrilite, Dial, 3M, Pfizer, NBC, Florida Orange Juice, and United Soybean Board......(Read more)

LATEST NEWS

May 15 - 23, 2026: Current Health News: Hantavirus now tracking 40+ people (CBSNews)...."What I eat in a day" diet trend may be fueling malnutrition (MedPageToday)....RFK aide quits in protest  over push for flavored vape products(MedPageToday)....Lifelong factors shape brain health and outcomes (MDedge)...Judge blocks DOJ demand for NYU hospital records of trans kids (MedPageToday)....Last week's health news: Peptides are the new buzz word in health, with teens accessing injectables for weight loss, tanning that have not been fully tested and cleared (NY Post).... Trivalent mRNA flu vaccine more effective than standard vaccine (MedPageToday)......Hospital shootings become more common over 25 years (MedPageToday).....Telemedicine visits tied to fewe antibiotics for respiratory infections (MedPageToday)....

RECENT COLUMNS

Recent HealthCentral columns by the HealthGal
Obesity Linked to Nearly 1 in 20 Cancers Worldwide
Lymphoma May Raise Risk of Heart Failure
Weight Cycling and the Microbiome
Obesity Subtype Can Affect Bariatric Surgery Results
Rapid Foot Ulcer Healing with Nitric Oxide Treatment
Does Childhood Abuse Complicate Bariatric Surgery Results?
The Link Between Prediabetes and Male Fertility
Lung Cancer: Managing Shortness of Breath (slide show)
Stopping Diabetes Medications: Risks and Rewards
Relative Fat Mass (RFM): An Accurate Alternative to BMI
Higher Mortality with Low Carb Diet
Avoiding "Step Reduction" and Diabetes Risks
Can a Diabetes Diagnosis Offer Benefits to Others
Low Carb Diets and Gender Differences
Breastfeeding is Possible, Even With Breast Cancer
Tips, Products to Get a Good Night's Sleep During Menopause
Eating Healthy Means Better Survival After Cancer Treatment
How Metabolism Affects Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Risks
A Big Secret Revealed: Lupus Is Killing More young Women Than Reported
Erectile Dysfunction? You May Have Peyronie's Disease
Understanding Eating Disorders
A Big Secret Revealed: Lupus Is Killing Young Women - Lots
Gaming Addiction: Understanding This Modern Day Diagnosis
How Much Do You Know About Prediabetes? Take the Quiz
A Diet Recalibration to Treat Obesity
Genetics vs Exercise: What Causes Postmenopausal Weight Gain?
Diabetes During Pregnancy: Implications for Baby
Intermittent Fasting for Diabetes Weight Loss: Not So Fast
Can Cancer Risks Linger After Weight Loss?
Superfoods: Hype or Help for Obesity Goals?
An Apple a Day May Keep COPD Away
Happy Mother's Day: Gifts From the Heart For the Heart
A Primer on Biotin: The Good, the Bad and How Much Is Optimal?
Recipe for Weight Loss, Glucose Control Lies in Meal Size
Virtual Reality (VR): A Therapy That Can Treat PTSD
Foods for RA: Build a Diet
Are Processed Foods Killing Us?
Judy's Story: Weight Loss and Better Health at Any Age
How to Handle Weight Gain at Menopause
"Diet" of Adequate Sleep May Reduce Sugar intake
Best Fruit Choices if You Have Diabetes
Using Petroleum Jelly and Other Skin Healers
Metastatic Breast Cancer: What To do About Weight Gain
Exercise Tips for Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Daily Bread:Inspire Parents, Kids, Everyone to Change
Do Sugary Sodas During Pregnancy Lead to Childhood Asthma?
Breastfeeding and Obesity:Health Links You Should Know
Pregnancy Weight Gain: Too Much, Too Early Linked to Childhood Obesity
In Youth, Weight Stigma Can Harm as Much as Obesity Itself
Exercise Tips for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Are You Using Activated Charcoal? What You Need to Know
The Evolving Sub-types of Diabetes
The Five Week Healthy Heart Challenge
The Kidney Stone Diet: Foods to Eat, Foods to Avoid
12-Month Plan for a Lighter, Healthier You in 2018!
Bariatric Surgery Has Long-Term Benefits for People With Type 2 Diabetes
My Recent Mammogram: Learn From My Experience
Top Food Trends of 2018:How They Sync With Your Health
Updated Blood Pressure Guidelines
A Host of Healthy Stocking Stuffers
Nutrition and Cooking Gifts for the Chronically Ill
Holiday Gifts for Kids with Health Challenges
Stress Just as Bad as Junk Food When It Comes to Digestion
Obesity's Negative Impact on Rheumatoid Arthritis
How to "Just Say No" to Trigger Foods During the Holidays
Second Opinion: Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain Is a Viable Alternative to Opioids
Holiday Activity: The Importance of Tough Conversations About Family Health
Lighten Holiday Heft Without Sacrificing Taste or Joy
A Novel Way to Track Blood Sugar During Exercise
Take Care of Your Arteries by Eating Breakfast
How to Improve Brain Health and Heart Health
Best Time to Take Vitamins
Quiz: What Do You Know About Nutrition and Metastatic Breast Cancer?
Second Opinion: If Fruits and Vegetables Were Discounted, Would More People Buy Them?
Supplements: What to Take and What to Avoid
Family and Friends Impact Breast Cancer Decisions In a Positive Way
Is There a Final Word on Saturated Fat and Heart Health?
The MonoMania Diet
Make Sure Your Child's School is Healthy With This Checklist
Shed the Excess Pounds:Obesity Escalates Menopause Symptoms
Is It Time To Switch to Glass?
Iron Deficiency Linked to Coronary Artery Disease Risk
Obesity Raises Risk of Infection Post Bypass Surgery
Is There a Bypass Surgery Ten Year Curse?
Are You Taking Too Much Vitamin D?
A Potential Negative Payoff from Over-exercising: Leaky Gut
Study Says Jazz Up Veggie Names to Boost Interest
Outdated Vitamin Labels Can Be a Risky Business
Breakfast Choices Can Affect Your Health AND Decision-making
Can You Lower Blood Pressure Medication Doses?
The Link Between Weight-Loss Surgery and Alcohol Abuse
Eating Disorders Not Uncommon in Teens with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Best Foods for Kids
Childhood Obesity Is Setting Your Kid Up for Diabetes
Is Diabetes Responsible for More Deaths Than We Realize?
Reported Uptick in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes Among Kids and Teens
Hot Weather May Raise Your Gestational Diabetes Risk
Second Opinion: Weight Regulation on Planes: What We Need
Does Having Mental Illness Limit Bariatric Surgery Success?
Not so Sweet: Sugar May Drive Certain Cancers
Diet Products: Waistline Friend of Foe?
Summer Break: Tips to Keep Kids Engaged, Healthy and Fit
Nine Tips to Make You the Healthiest Traveler
Anti-obesity Formula: Family Meals Plus No TV Equals Lower Obesity Risk
Should I Fuel Up or Fast Before My Workout?
For Some Teens Bariatric Surgery IS the Right Answer
Five Tests Best at Predicting Heart Disease
Can You Fast During Ramadan if You Have Diabetes?
Fewer Americans Losing Weight: Is Fat Acceptance Trending?
Even Our Littlest Struggle with Body Image, Face Weight Stigma
Committed to Lose Weight? Be Prepared for Interpersonal Conflict
Ever Think of Yogurt for Depression?
Exercise Rules: Should You Warm Up? Should You Cool Down?
Do Diets Based on Genetics Really Work
How to Improve Communication with Your Teen After 13 Reasons Why
13 Questions for Parents to Consider About 13 Reasons Why
Children at Risk From Unhealthy Diet During Pregnancy
Reduce Bone Loss, Hip Fracture in Women:Foods Can Lower Inflammation
Integrative Health: Coping Skills to Prevent and Manage Stress
Unhealthy Eating Habits in Adulthood: Is Childhood Stress Partly to Blame?
Busting Common Myths About Food and Health
The Dark Side of Extreme Exercise: Rhabdomyolsis
Is Your Coffee and Tea Habit Adding Sneaky Calories?
Busting Soy Myths So You Can Enjoy Soy!
10 Spices with Benefits
Know Your Lifestyle Vital Signs
Sugar-free Drinks: Diet Aid or Diet Downfall?
Yo-Yo Dieting Messes with Your Brain and Gut Microbes
Weight Shame Fuels Heart Disease and Diabetes
Daycare May Be the Starting Point of Poor Eating Habits
Yogi's Beware: Injuries on the Rise
Which Exercises Will Help Me Live Longer?
Taking a Bite Out of Bad Nutrition Habits
What to Look for in a Dietician/Nutritionist
is a Commercial Diet Program Right for You?
When is the Right Time for a First Visit with a Heart Specialist?
Here's How a High Protein Diet Aids Weight Loss
Are You Over-consuming the Wrong Omega Fat?
Foods Labeled "Good for Babies and Toddlers" Often Fall Short on Nutrition
Are Fatty Foods Like Heroin and Cocaine?
Tips for Working Out in the Cold
High Protein Diet: Benefits with Risks
Obesity Lesson from Baseball's Playbook
Why Eating When You're NOT Hungry is Bad for You
U.S. Kids Rank 47 out of 50 On World Fitness Level
Maximize Weight Loss with Self-Regulation Behavioral Therapy
It Can Take Five Months to Lose Two Months of Holiday Weight Gain
A Look at New Teen Obesity Guidelines
The Latest Weight News from ObesityWeek 2016
Mobil App Links Rain, Gloomy Days to Increased Pain
Maximize Your Success after Bariatric Surgery
Barriers to Obesity Care and How to Create a Support Team
Fasting Part 2:Types of Fasting Diets
Fasting Part 1: Why These Diets Are Getting so Much Attention
Heed Minor Stroke Signs to Avoid Major Stroke
Teen "Rebellion" Motivates Healthier Eating
Is Heart Disease Lurking in Your Mouth?
Energy Drink May Fuel Your Workout and Heart Disease
Why Do We Binge? How To Turn It Off!!
Energy Drink May Fuel Your Workout and Heart Problems
10 Ways to Get Moving While At Work
Do Artificial Sweeteners Make You Crave Sugar, Gain Weight?
Diet Not Working? Paying Attention to Genetics Might Help
Consumers Need to Know More About Heart Disease: Survey
Is Your Family Prone to Chronic Pain?
Is Thirst Driving Obesity?
Balance Gut Microbes With These Good-for-You Foods
Finding (and Using) Science-Based GMO Information
Gabriella Reece Avoids Opiates After Knee Surgery
Is Your Young Athlete at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCA)?
Know Your Hunger Hormones (Part 1)
Know Your Hunger Hormones Part 2
Meniscus Tear? Consider Therapy Over Surgery
New Study Finds Pilates Helps Chronic Low Back Pain
Why 'Moderation" Gets Dieters Into Trouble
TOPS: A Sensible, Long Term Weight Loss Program
What You Should Know About the Diabetes-Diarrhea Link
Food Lust Versus Food Need: What Are You Craving?
Newer Version of Heart Attack Blood Test a Game Changer?
Is the AspireAssist Bariatric Device Right For You?
Top 8 Healthy Alternatives to Meat
Appetite Hormone May Also Affect Decisions and Impulses
In Brief: Study Links Lyrica to Birth Defects
Study: Girls Get Dieting Habits From Mom
Living with MS: How do I Manage Limitations?
Michelle Obama Hopes New Nutrition Guidelines Nudge Healthier Eating
Obesity, Diabetes in Pregnancy Can Mean Dangerously Large Baby
The Connection Between Diabetes and Your Thyroid
Insulin Resistance and Alzheimer's Disease Risk: A Two-Way Street
A Closer Look at the Obesity and Kidney Cancer Connection
Silent Heart Attacks: More Men Have Them, But More Women Die From Them
Food Rewards Set Kids Up for Emotional Eating
Ten Actions to Help You Drop Pounds for Good
Weight Loss Surgery or Diet to Limit Obesity-Cancer Link?_
Can a Very Low Calorie Diet Reverse Diabetes?
Carbohydrates Can Be Bad and Good for You
A Primer on Insulin Resistance
This Is Your Body on Chocolate
The Big Payoff from Small Weight Loss
Are Your Food and Fitness Trackers Helping Doctors Your Help You?
This Is Your Brain On Chocolate
Are Your Food Choices Leading You Down the Path to Pain?
Is Social Media Your Health Guru?
The Functional Food Plan for Improved Heart Health
Could a Hidden Allergy be Causing My Symptoms?
Want to Limit Obesity? Balance Your Gut Microbes
Just What Is Clean Eating and Can It Go Too Far?
Exercise Your Way Out of Back Pain
Use Smartphone to Get Moving
Is Winter Making You Fat?
Losing Weight and Fat While Maintaining Muscle: Hard, but Doable
Is My Destiny Obesity if My Parents Are Overweight? Yes and No
A Prediabetes Tale: What You Can Learn
How Yoga Can Help Your Depression
Are You Really Being Honest About Your Diet?
Are You Eating a "Painful" Diet?
One in Five U.S. Youth Have THIS Scary Health Problem
9 Best Diets of 2016
The Dangerous Combo Causing an Uptick in Kidney Stones
Home-cooking Can Lower Your Risk of Diabetes
Get Your New Year's Resolution Right This Year
7 Ways to Get a Boost of Vitamin D
Will a Seaweed Habit Help to Lower Heart Disease Risk?
How Low will Cholesterol Go On a Vegetarian Diet?
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Harm Bone Health
Will the New Salt Shake-Up Work?
Soy May Protect Against Osteoporosis in Menopause
Thanksgiving Tips: Lighten the Calories not the Flavor
Do You Struggle with a "See the Food, Eat the Food" Diet?
Overweight? Struggling with Obesity? The Latest Cutting Edge Tips from Obesity Week 2015
Cutting Edge News from Obesity Week 2015
Smart Swap Outs for Sugar and Unhealthy Fats
10 Halloween Tips if Your Child Has Weight Issues
When It Comes to Heart Failure, "More Exercise is Better"
Is Your Diet Bone Healthy?
Dissecting Nutrition Labels
Why Are Companies Still Adding So Much Sugar to Foods?
Do Probiotics Really Work for Digestive Issues?
To Lower Risk of Diabetes Commit to Diet and Exercise
Say Toddler Has Adult Onset Diabetes to Get Parents' Attention
Fueling Obesity: We're Given More - So We Eat More
Fat-shaming Video Has Everyone Talking
Your Doctor May Be Key to Successful Weight Loss
A High Protein Diet Boosts Heart Health
Stop Counting Calories and Emphasize Nutrition Quality for Heart Health
Back-to-School Lunch and Snack Tips
Coca-Cola Tackles Obesity Crisis With New NonProfit
The "Computer" Diet
The Top Health Halo Terms That Confuse
Now Trending: The Alkaline Diet
If Doctor Prescribes Fruits and Vegetables....
Tips to Move More at Work
Is Restaurant Food Bad for You?
Are You Suffering From Obliiviobesity?
A Smart Diet: Shop the Market Perimeter
What is the Fasting Mimicking Diet?
My Child was Diagnosed Obese....
To Live Longer, Change Your Eating Habits
Kids' Fruit Snacks Heavy on Added Sugar
TOPS is Tops for Sustained Weight Loss
Can Fast Food Ever Be Healthy?
The Dark Side of Chocolate
Coffee Does a Body Good
The "Why" of Why You Hate Dieting
Weight Watchers Founder Dies...Insights Live On....
Lunch Shaming versus Lunch Lessons
Unhealthy Habit: Just One Hour of TV...
It's Not Your Imagination:Sugar May Quell Stress
The Anti-Diet
Losing Weight in Middle Age May Hurt Bone Health
Calorie Counts on Foods May Be Lying
Why Does Candice Bergen Think the Only Choice Is...
When Healthy Labels or Trends Stretch the Truth
Natural Products Expo West Trends 2015
Coconut Craze Gone a Bit Nutty
Are Energy Drinks a Candy and Caffeine Fix for Kids?
Common Food and Drink May Be Obesity Provoking Culprits
One Brain Pathway for Overeating, Sugar Addiction?
Does a Positive or Negative Message Move You?
Why You Shouldn't Cut Fat Our of Your Diet
The Pizza Effect
Ten Tips to a Healthier, Leaner New Year
McKinsey Report on Global Obesity
You Can Get a Super Workout in Your Small Office Space!
Fighting Childhood Obesity One Dinner at a Time
Best Bites Before and After Your Workout
Are Sandwiches the New Public Enemy #1?
Grain Bowls are a Great Sandwich Swap Out!
Is Sugar Not Salt Causing Hypertension?
Five Food Swaps to Help You Lose Five Pounds in Five Weeks
Are New Weight Loss Drugs the Answer?
Got Thirst?  Pour a Glass of Iced Tea
Yes, He-Men Drink Tea!
Menu Secrets to Slimmer Choices
Around the World with Tea
Five Tips to Health at Any Size
Healthy obesity just isn't so...and study proves it

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