[1] Ask a teen how they are doing and they will nearly always answer 'busy'. For most teens, this is a true statement. High school teens and college students alike are chronically tired and complain of stress.

St. Patrick's Day is my least favorite day of the year to teach. St. Patrick's Day at Notre Dame is like a spring version of Halloween. This year, it happened to coincide with the first day of sunny warm weather after what has felt like a really brutal winter. The whole day felt like a major holiday. There was even free food all afternoon. I also suspect there was a lot of drinking going on

[1]Source: CDC/NCHS National Health and Nutrition Study

On two occasions in the past year, when remarking on my observations about Millennials and their evolved [2]food preferences, I was challenged by senior executives who quite reasonable asked, 'If Millennials are so much more sophisticated about their food choices, shouldn't it follow that they are less obese?" On both occasions I had no ready answer.

[1] Source: APA, 2009 Millennials (18 - 30-year-olds), Gen Xers (31 - 44-year-olds), Boomers (45 -63-year-olds), and Matures (64 years and

If any group should know something about stress, it is the American Psychological Association. For the last two years, they have been researching the sources and impact of stress on different groups of Americans.

Generational differences exist in values, media usage, career goals, entertainment choices. Now there is evidence that what you like to eat may say a lot about what generation you belong to. ([2]Mediapost 7.31.09)