{"id":6673,"date":"2012-04-19T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-news\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2012-04-19T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:44:48","slug":"more-dash-news-from-busms-thomas-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2012\/04\/19\/more-dash-news-from-busms-thomas-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"More DASH News from BUSM\u2019s Thomas Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Moore, MD, physician chairman of the research team who created  the popular and successful healthy eating plan known as DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet, has adapted its key points into a weight-loss regimen in his new book \u201cTHE DASH DIET FOR WEIGHT LOSS: Lose Weight the Healthy Way\u2014and Keep It Off\u2014with America\u2019s Most Respected Diet.\u201d Dr. Moore also serves as BUMC associate provost and BUSM professor of medicine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2243\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2012\/04\/Moore-Tom-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2243\" title=\"Moore Tom web\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2012\/04\/Moore-Tom-web-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Moore\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Moore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With more than 18,000 enrollees since 2002, many people are already experiencing the health benefits of DASH, which include improved blood pressure, fewer heart attacks and strokes, and a reduced risk of diabetes and cancer.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/benefits\/health-wellness\/dash-for-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">DASH for health<\/a> is open to BU faculty and staff and up to three adult household members. After enrolling, participants monitor progress by logging onto their \u201cMy Stuff\u201d page, which tracks weight, diet, blood pressure, and daily exercise routines. The section also creates weekly meal suggestions and recipes (including vegetarian options), offers a servings tutorial and shopping-list creator.<\/p>\n<p>Now in his latest work, Dr. Moore provides readers with methods to promote healthy weight loss. Integrated into the book are real life success stories, easy-to-follow meal plans, and strategies for overcoming frequently encountered challenges such as \u201cemotional eating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, DASH received the #1 overall ranking in U.S. News and World Report\u2019s annual \u201cBest Diets.\u201d  Dr. Moore said of his work, \u201cthis is a weight-loss diet of satisfying, real foods that you can stick to for the long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by Lydia Efird, MD<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Moore, MD, physician chairman of the research team who created the popular and successful healthy eating plan known as DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet, has adapted its key points into a weight-loss regimen in his new book \u201cTHE DASH DIET FOR WEIGHT LOSS: Lose Weight the Healthy Way\u2014and Keep It Off\u2014with America\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}