If you’re ready for some carefree living, put your hand up! Nice weather is nearing, summer is around the corner, and opportunities for more social activities in a mid-or post-pandemic world are going to start happening! When life eventually starts making its way “back to normal” to your neck of the woods, you’re probably going to start receiving invites for...

Learn how to stay motivated to get healthy, and how to stay motivated to exercise and eat right for the long term. When we approach being healthy with an all or nothing mindset, chances are our motivation will disappear. Why not approach it differently to actually be motivated to eat healthier, workout, and build those healthier habits around it too!...

I wanted a sandwich for dinner — an avocado, melted Swiss cheese, cucumber, and spinach sandwich on sourdough spelt bread. Yum! But before I took my first bite, the “nutritional choir” chimed in, singing: “gluten is bad, bread will turn to belly fat, this meal has too many carbs and not enough protein, dairy is congesting, cucumbers aren’t in season,...

So you’ve heard that dieting is out. You’ve heard that going keto and cutting out carbs and Weight Watchers don’t tend to lead to sustainable weight loss and can often have you gaining weight back after it’s over. Most (smart) experts are preaching that healthy habits are the best way for the vast majority of people to hit their goals,...

This study examined social influences on circadian rhythms to better understand how they influence health. Ate was used as a mobile photo food journal that provided timestamps to measure the timing and regularity of eating. Pictures from the food journal were used in photo-elicitation interviews to better understand socio-cultural drivers and contexts in regard to the timing and regularity of...

If you’re new to using the Ate app, you might be wondering how to use the On and Off-path function to best suit your needs. I have been using the app with clients for quite a while now, so I will offer you some practical insight on how I use it within my own community. So many of us have...

We are happy to share that the Ate app was recently used as the photo food journal in a pilot study at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center focused on people with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). This study was partially funded by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The study’s purpose was to determine whether the use of tele-health would...