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What Are Your Kids Eating? Tips For Healthy Diets
Are your children eating too much, or too little? Here are some parenting tips for how to get them to eat the right foods.
Help Promote A Healthy Body Image For Your Kids
Meghan Trainor is still bringing down the house with her hit “All About That Bass.” The tune spent over 34 weeks on the Billboard Top 10. It’s not even a song about romance or love or broken hearts, those mainstays of rock, pop and country…it’s about body image and liking yourself as you are. And as a…
Is Stress Killing Your Diet?
The human body is an amazing machine. It has evolved to develop protective responses to stressors. Sure, the stress we experience today is much different than centuries ago (thank goodness we’re not battling traffic and T-Rexes), but our bodies are programmed to respond in the same way.
Could Your Weight Loss Resolve Have Unintended Consequences?
Could your New Year’s resolution have unintended consequences for your kids? As millions of Americans resolve to lose weight in 2012, parents need to be aware that their new diet and fitness regimens could have a potentially negative outcome – triggering eating disorders or body image issues in their children.
Benefits of Cooking and Eating With Your Kids
Cooking with your kids is not just about having fun, entertaining them so they’re not bored, or encouraging them to help out around the house. (Although it does all of these things!) Cooking with your children also teaches them the importance of eating foods that are healthy for their growing bodies and minds, and shows them that it’s easy (not to mention fun!) to cook food rather than throw a pre-packaged meal in the microwave. Remember, teaching them these important lessons now sets them up to maintain a healthy lifestyle later in life!