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Photo: Valerie Everett, Flickr Ronald McDonald is in hot water with a lot of folks out there. He’s been pushing burgers since 1963, after all, and the result is that our nation’s kids are getting fat. Bad Ronald. Wait, says Susan Brady at HealthNews: Shouldn’t parents shoulder some of the blame? They are the ones [...]

Want an obese kid? Not me. That’s why I’m constantly thinking about what I can do to keep my two boys more fit than fat. “Woman’s Day” magazine (March 3, 2009) names three tactics for keeping your little ones lean. More Water: Even though sports and juice drinks may be marketed as “healthy” doesn’t mean [...]