How do you encourage people to eat their greens? A new study shows that naming vegetable dishes with adjectives that promote their flavor increases positive thinking about healthful eating. New research examines the psychological effect of food descriptions. For some, a healthful diet means having to tolerate eating bland tasting, unsatisfying foods, which can seem…
It is well-known that exercise is good for cardiac health, but older adults tend to fall through the cracks when it comes to rehabilitation programs. Now, a study has shown that these individuals have the most to gain. New research examines the effects of exercise on older adults in physical rehabilitation. Heart disease is the…
Barbara Newman Zack and Norman Joel Rubin are to be married Oct. 13 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Mich. Rabbi Aaron Starr is to officiate, with Hazzan David Propis to take part. The bride, 72, retired as a substitute social studies teacher at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich. She was previously a…
Kimberly Aylin Harris and Gilbert Godfrey Campbell III are to be married Oct. 13 at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. The Rev. Dr. Gilbert G. Campbell Jr., a Baptist minister and father of the groom, is to officiate. The bride, 37, works in Washington as a regional president of Compass Real…
Steven Scott Mazzola and Dr. Jeffrey Scott Akman were married Oct. 12 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. Dr. Jehan El-Bayoumi, a friend of the couple and authorized to officiate by the District of Columbia, led the ceremony. Mr. Mazzola (left) 48, is a senior grants manager at the…
Leslie Adriel Mayes and Kerwin Richard Low were married Oct. 12 in Hartford, Conn. The Rev. Dion J. Watkins, a Baptist minister, officiated at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Mrs. Low, 35, is a general assignment reporter and a fill-in anchor at WVIT, an NBC station in West Hartford, Conn., that is known as…
Christine Alice Dalton and Jackson Jenssen Kamine were married Oct. 12 at Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N.Y. Robert A. Ramin, an uncle of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride and groom, both 28, met at Cornell, from which each graduated. Mrs. Kamine works…
Jane Alissa Flegal and Eric Robert Dougherty were married Oct. 12 at Colony 29, an events space in Palm Springs, Calif. Mary H. Russo, an aunt of the bride, solemnized the marriage, having been designated a deputy commissioner of marriages in Riverside County. The bride and groom each received a doctoral degree in environmental science,…
Allegra Elizabeth Kirkland and Daniel Chapman Graf were married Oct. 12 at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club, a beach club and events space in Bridgehampton, N.Y. Megan Lovallo, a friend of the couple who was ordained through American Marriage Ministries, officiated. Ms. Kirkland, 29, is the senior politics editor at Teen Vogue in Manhattan.…
Emily Motayed and Chase Richard Lancaster were married Oct. 12 in Andalusia, Pa. Lindsay M. Costello, a Universal Brotherhood Movement minister, officiated at the Andalusia Historic House and Gardens. On Oct. 11, the couple had a ceremonial Hindu wedding that was led by Kamanshish Chakravorty, a friend of the bride’s family, at the Logan Hotel…