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Our Children's Biggest Problem: Obesity
What would you say is the biggest problem facing our children today? It is heartbreaking to know that childhood obesity is the most common nutritional disorder as well as a growing global epidemic in developed countries. It is also considered to be the underlying factor causing a variety of chronic illnesses in the Western World.
List of Healthy Cooking Oils
Eating healthy is essential in keeping our bodies strong. One way to eat healthy is to prepare and cook food with ingredients that can prevent serious conditions such as heart problems, diabetes and other chronic illnesses. Cooking with healthy oils, for example, can help maintain a healthy body because they contain higher percentage of monounsaturated fats, which can lower cholesterol, and less saturated fats, which can raise cholesterol.
What to Pack for a Planned C-Section
Once upon a time, I was a Labor and Delivery Room (L&D) nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. It was probably one of my most favorite places to work because I truly loved supporting moms (and dads or other significant family members) through their birth experience and felt that each baby born wa
Depression in Children From Single-Parent Homes
Children of single parent homes are especially vulnerable to depression, according to the Rochester Institute of Technology. Lack of a two-parent household, in which it is typically the father who is absent, combined with the emotional stress by the mother, who has to fill both roles, contribute to the incidence of childhood depression. There are several treatments available for children from single-parent homes who suffer from depression.
The Swine Influenza Virus
The discovery and rapid onset of the H1N1 flu, first termed swine flu, in the spring of 2009 caused the World Health Organization to declare a worldwide pandemic, reports MayoClinic.com. This flu looks genetically similar to swine flu viruses, but it passes easily among humans, thus the original name of swine flu. For several weeks in late 2009 to early 2010, the deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza were above what would be seen in a normal flu season and therefore met the standard definition of an epidemic, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).