Are You Making Your Kids Fat? December 7, 2011 No Comments
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Lots of Pregnancy Pounds = Fat Kids? Monday Mention August 16, 2010 No Comments
42 pounds gained = 10 pounds / 2 ounces @ birth 57 pounds @ age 7 I gained a lot of weight during my two pregnancies. I tend to think it was a requirement for birthing my two whopper boys. One was 10 pounds, 9 ounces. The other, a smaller 10 pounds, 2 ounces. Were [...]
Obese Kids Bullied More: Monday Mention May 17, 2010 1 Comment
Photo: cohdra, morgueFile Researchers have been speculating that obese kids are bullied less nowadays, now that so many are so overweight (currently, about one-half of kids are obese are overweight). The researchers, however, were not right. Seems according to one study, heavy kiddos are 63% more likely to be bullied than those of normal weight. [...]
Ronald McDonald Makes Kids Fat: Monday Mention April 12, 2010 No Comments
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 [...]
Jillian Michaels Talks Healthy Kids September 23, 2009 No Comments
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Don’t Bribe Your Kids With Food May 18, 2009 No Comments
Do you bribe your kids with food? Shouldn’t do that, says former FDA commissioner David A. Kessler, a physician and author of “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite,” because this subtle message about food can cancel out all of your efforts to get your kiddos to eat healthy. Your relationship [...]
No Child Left Behind – Or Inside April 22, 2009 No Comments
Maybe it’s for good reason that I’m not a lover of electronics for kids. Seems keeping children in the great outdoors, not the closed-up indoors, is best for the little bodies of the world. Did you know there’s actually a “No Child Left Inside” bill geared towards getting environmental education into schools so that kids [...]
Obesity – Is Your Kid Headed There? March 11, 2009 2 Comments
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 [...]