Healthful Hints

From articles and recipes to podcasts, slideshows, and more, the Gruve Network™ offers a broad range of informative resources and health-focused recommendations to supplement and support your weight management plan.

• Articles

  • The Science Behind the Gruve Solution

    Research has identified a lack of NEAT activity, as a primary contributor to weight gain, and could be the key to reversing America’s obesity epidemic. The Gruve Solution is here to help. Read the journal article.

  • Food pyramid: An option for better eating

    A food pyramid is one tool to help you eat better. Find out how to use a food pyramid to create a healthy diet.

  • Office of the Future: Walk While Working

    Mayo Clinic Researchers Design Cubicles That Allow You to Work Out While Working.

  • Lose weight with proper portion control

    Understanding serving sizes, which often are not as large as you would think, is key to losing weight

• News & Information

  • Just Standing Up May Be as Important as Exercise

    Exercise alone, according to a team of scientists at the University of Missouri, is not enough to take off those added pounds.

  • Rand Report: The Health Risks of Obesity

    Obesity is linked to higher rates of chronic conditions than are smoking, drinking, or poverty

• E-Gruve: Like-minded Ideas From Across the Web

  • Eat Smart. Play Hard. Healthy Lifestyle!

    The Eat Smart. Play Hard. Campaign was launched by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in 2000.

  • Taking the Stairs can Make a Major Difference

    Using the stairs requires little additional time, no wardrobe change, and few additional costs because building code requires stairs. If your building has a staircase, why not start using it now?