The Five Pillars of Health
Health is often viewed as a complex puzzle, but at its core, it rests on a few simple, interconnected principles. The concept of the pillars of health emphasizes the foundational aspects of Read more
Nutrients: Making Sure Your School-aged Kids Get Enough
A key part of the city's strategy for tackling obesity was a focus on pre-school children and offering parents classes in how to encourage their children to be Read more on BBC
Colors of the Rainbow: talking about healthy eating to 4 year olds!
It is the British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating week this week (1st-5th June 2015), so I volunteered myself to go into my daughters nursery school to talk to the children about my Read more
Study: 90 percent of kids with sleep apnea undiagnosed
The vast majority of children with sleep apnea go untreated because they don't know they have sleep apnea, a new study Read more on UPI
Prolonged Low Body Weight in Young Kids Ups Risk for Anorexia Years Later
Young children with a persistently low body mass index (BMI) may be at greater risk for developing anorexia nervosa in adolescence. Source: Prolonged Low Body Weight in Young Kids Ups Risk for Anorexia Years Read more
Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It
Not only does P.E. do little to improve physical fitness, but it can also lead to truancy and other disciplinary problems. Source: Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid Read more
Raising Intuitive Eaters
The way we talk about food and our bodies can shape our kids’ views. Check out these four tips to raise kids to have a healthy relationship with food. Source: Raising Intuitive Eaters Read more
Toddlers’ Girth Points to Later Risk of Fatty Liver Disease
Higher waist circumference of toddlers predicts development of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by age 8, according to a prospective study. Source: Toddlers’ Girth Read more