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Dishing Up Nutrition

Stress & Weight Gain as a Caregiver

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Health & Fitness:nutrition, Nutrition, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.3866 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

There are about 45 million people who provide unpaid care to adults and children every month and 75% of those caregivers are women. Most caregivers are experiencing high amounts of stress daily. In fact, approximately 90% of caregivers say stress has the most impact on their lives and on their health. In today’s show, we will share information about why caregiver stress often leads to weight gain and other health problems, plus some solutions to control stress.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionists and dietitians from nutritional weight and wellness.

0:06.6

We explain the connection between what you eat and how you feel.

0:10.2

Stay tuned for practical real-life solutions for healthier living through real food nutrition.

0:14.6

Slow down, you move too fast.

0:18.3

You got to make the morning last just kicking down the cobblestone.

0:23.6

Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

0:26.1

Today's show is brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

0:29.1

We are a company providing life-changing nutrition information to people in the St. Paul and Minneapolis area through this local radio station, but also to people

0:39.7

throughout the United States and even worldwide through our Dishing Up Nutrition Podcasts.

0:46.9

This morning we have yet another great topic to discuss.

0:50.6

We are going to be talking about the interesting topic of how to best manage the

0:56.8

stress that comes along with being a caregiver. And it's probably no surprise to many of you that

1:03.7

about 90% of caregivers report stress as having the biggest negative impact on their lives and on their health.

1:13.7

So today we want to spend much of the hour sharing information about why caregiver stress

1:19.5

often leads to weight gain and other health problems.

1:23.4

And then we want to talk about what you can do to counteract those effects.

1:27.8

I'm Cassie Wienis.

1:29.1

I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

1:31.6

I've been in the field of nutrition for the past 20 years now.

1:36.2

And I have to tell you, I find that because of all the nutritional research being conducted

1:42.4

out there, I mean, and it's worldwide, some really great research being done.

1:47.8

I feel like I need to be reading and learning almost every day.

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