What's Really Causing Obesity
Plus, scroll to the bottom for marriage and family advice from a pro (golfer). But first, some royal fashion ...👇🏽
"Elegance emerging from adversity"
Princess Catherine caught the eye of one of the world's leading fashion writers who writes the Princess' recent, strategic fashion choices "symbolize a new kind of style" - including a nod to Queen Elizabeth II.
Credit: Prince and Princess of Wales
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🩺 "Common" But ... Noted: The White House announced President Trump received a diagnosis for a common vein disorder but "remains in excellent health." The mere mention of a new health condition for any U.S. President is newsworthy. - Read more here.
🚨 “Stop Harming Women”: Some physicians say the "black box warning" on hormone replacement therapy for menopause harms their patients. The FDA hosted a panel discussion on this topic that included emotional testimonials from doctors who want to see change. The New York Times provides a good summary of the event, but here's the link to the full broadcast.
💵 Inflation Inflating: But only slightly, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report. Tariffs may have impacted the increasing cost of clothing and furniture, but in other areas, like the price of cars, prices fell. Yahoo! Finance is predicting what all this could mean for rate cuts.
🍎 "Diet is the Key": A new study offers strong evidence that exercise is not nearly as important for weight management as how much – or what – we eat. Want to geek out? Here's the full study.
👩💻 Remote Women: A survey shows that more men have returned to the office compared to women. The gender gap could reflect a better work-life balance, especially for working moms.
💧 Liquid Limit: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says she's looking into the 3.4-ounce liquid limit set for people's carry-on items. Say goodbye, travel-size cosmetics and hair care. 👋🏽
🍦 Bye, Bye Dye: Ice cream makers joined the growing list of companies announcing their commitment to ditch artificial food dyes. Here's a more complete list of companies who have made the same promise.
📚 Save the Books: From the beetles ... Hungary's oldest library has a "novel" approach to protect 100,000 of its treasured books as beetles take over.
👄 Sharpie Lip Liner?: No, for real. Some on social media are doing it to save money. At what cost though? One dermatologist warns against the trend.
🎙️ This Week From Jenna:
48 hours before the historic and deadly flash flood in Central Texas, Penn State University published an article describing recent research on "Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI."
We speak to one of the scientists behind this cutting-edge research.
Professor Chaopeng Shen joins us to explain the extraordinary power, and fascinating limits, of A.I. - and how the technology is changing, and will change, our ability to predict the future.
WATCH ABOVE OR BY CLICKING HERE. You can also listen on podcasting platforms everywhere (Apple, Spotify).
🎙️ SCOOP (approx. 55 minutes) Cloud seeding, Jeffrey Epstein & the President Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Info on Putin. Listen. (SCOOP Insiders can attend this live broadcast once a week and get their news questions answered; they also receive the special video report EXCLUSIVELY delivered to their inbox along with a "cheat sheet" for the week ahead — learn more HERE).
🎙️ Quick Hit (approx. 34 minutes): “Over One Thousand Victims”: The Jeffrey Epstein Memo. Watch or Listen.
🙌🏽 What We Found SmartHER This Week:
Thanks to our teammate Kelly, we've found ANOTHER SmartHER dress of summer. This midi sweater dress is not a maternity dress, but it's stretchy enough to bonus as bump-friendly. 🙌🏽 And - it's only $32!
"Every day when I wake up early to go put in the work, my wife thanks me for going out and working so hard. When I get home, I try and thank her every day for taking care of our son."
Scotty Scheffler this week during a press conference ahead of the British Open. One of the best player's in the world got candid about how important his family is to him. He spoke on the fact that while he loves to golf for a living, the accomplishments of a win are fleeting. On the other hand, fatherhood and his family offer a fulfillment from the "deepest places of your heart."
" ... I'd much rather be a great father than I would be a great golfer. At the end of the day, that's what's more important to me."
Listen to the full press conference below:
And that's The Weekend Digest!
❤️,
Jenna and the SHN Team
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