Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They’ve been “medicalized.” In the first study of its kind in the current issue of Social Science and Medicine, Brandeis researchers used national data to estimate the costs of these and a handful of other common conditions on escalating U.S. healthcare spending.
Stella Metsovas, a former National USA Swimmer and nutrition specialist, has over 15 years experience in both the health and fitness industries. Majoring in Food Science, Stella has extensive knowledge of the chemical properties in foods and how efficiently they’re metabolized.
Along with being voted “Best Nutritionist” by Citysearch, Stella’s also been featured in Fox News, The New York Times, Webmd, eDiets, Univision, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, AOL Celebrity Diet and Fitness, AOL Health and most recently, People Magazine’s largest selling issue of the year, “How I Lost Half My Size.”
