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Five Tips For Healthy Food Habits
Around New Years, lots of people get great big pie-in-the-sky dreams about getting in super good shape, but it’s really difficult to keep up with a dramatic diet or extreme exercises regimen.
Food Fight: The Relationship Between Our Kids and What They Eat
I love and loathe the pearl of wisdom you are what you eat. We parents have got a lot to answer for what our kids are eating. I am beginning to look at what my children are eating and analyze their relationship with food.
Feeding Kids With Food Allergies: Moving Past My Fears
Our household is a direct reflection of US childhood allergy statistics: 1 in 3 kids in the US has food allergies. My youngest of our 3 kids put us on that chart. I have heard varying reasons as to why children develop allergies, and since no one really knows why, I wont try and hypothesize about that here.
Is Childhood Obesity Related to Poor Math Skills?
Every day, we hear about the side effects of childhood obesity. Increased risk for diabetes and heart disease, low self-esteem, and depression all make that list, and apparently, so should difficulty with math. According to a Child Development study that surveyed more than 6,250 individuals, children with persistent obesity (aka, starting in kindergarten) scored lower on math tests in grades one through five, than children without weight issues.
Tormented Tummy? 10 Best & Worst Foods for a Long-Term Fix
Getting a stomach ache is the WORST! The pain, or sometimes the feeling that you’re going to ralph at any second, is just another thing that moms have to deal with every once in a while in addition to the gazillion other tasks they must complete in a day. There’s no way to prevent those fluke tummy tumults–food poisoning, for example–that hit unexpectedly. There are, however, some general guidelines you can follow in order to stay as far away as possible from the other stuff–indigestion, constipation, gas, diarrhea, etc.