Eliminate Halloween Candy Without Eating It
You are working hard to minimize your intake of sugar and processed foods, but you don’t want your children to miss out on the fun of Halloween and dressing up and trick or treating. Maybe you want to...
View ArticleJamie Oliver Announces the Winners of The Food Revolution Open IDEO Challenge
Chef Jamie Oliver hosted a design challenge on Open IDEO, a site that promotes collaborative problem solving. Oliver asked the community, “How can we raise kids’ awareness of the benefits of fresh food...
View Article“Vitamin Adventures of Don and Flip” for iPad Teaches Kids to Eat Right
Punflay specializes in creating apps for the iPhone and iPad that are aimed at kids. One of their newest apps is an interactive storybook for the iPad called The Vitamin Adventures of Don and Flip,...
View ArticleYoga for Babies
Yoga is truly for everybody – babies included. Just like prenatal yoga, yoga for teens and yoga for kids, yoga for babies is fast becoming a popular class for moms and their newborns. Here is what you...
View ArticleTroublemaker Kids May Just be Sleep Deprived
Eradicating the ever-present problem of bullies may lie in establishing proper sleeping habits for children. The New York Times reported that a new study of over 300 elementary students in Michigan...
View ArticleYoga Inspirations: From a Happy Baby to the World’s Oldest Yoga Instructor
From the crib to the coffin, our bodies crave activity. Whether you are a newborn, a young child or a nonagenarian, see how yoga can be a mainstay for a healthy and happy quality of life. We are...
View Article7 Reasons Your Child Should Try Yoga
A child does not need a specific diagnosis to benefit from yoga, nor do certain diagnosis eliminate the benefits a child might receive through yoga.
View ArticleThe 15 Worst Pieces of Diet Advice We Feed our Kids
We’ve all been fed bad diet advice at some point in our lives, usually with negative consequences. But what about the diet advice we feed our kids? Is it healthy, constructive, inspiring? Are we...
View ArticleEmPOWERed Kids Run to Take Place One Month After Boston Marathon Tragedy
When my young son came home from school on April 15, I had to share with him the sad news about the Boston Marathon bombings. I was gentle and only gave the information a nine-year-old needed to hear....
View ArticleSuper Sprowtz: Puppets with Superpowers Steer Kids to Good Eating
If Cookie Monster is the poster-puppet for junk food, Colby Carrot and the rest of the Super Sprowtz are the health food equivalents, and they’re fighting a good fight. Through television programing,...
View ArticleLook Again! Misleading Fast Food Ads Cause Kids to Identify Apple Slices as...
When I was younger, elementary school age, I saw my mom cutting up what I believed to be peeled apples in the kitchen. I took a piece and ate it, only to be unpleasantly surprised at the raw potato in...
View ArticleYou’re Not Crazy. The Cereal Box is Designed to Stare at You
Ever feel like your cereal box is staring at you? If you do, you’re not alone. New research from Cornell University Food and Brand Lab shows the somewhat creepy, blank stares of popular cereal mascots...
View ArticleStudents Not Drinking Enough Water, Even When It’s Handed to Them
Less than one-third of kids and teens meet the daily recommended daily water intake for their age group. To improve that statistic, the USDA issued a mandate to go into effect at the beginning of the...
View ArticleStop. Just Stop Calling Girls Fat.
I’d bet there’s one thing girls are called more than anything else: Fat. Some hear it from their classmates, others from their friends, still others from their family. Eventually many hear it from...
View ArticleSports Drinks: Bad for Kids’ Health and Behavior
Scientists recently discovered an unsettling connection between sports and energy drinks and teenagers. There appears to be a pretty strong link between consumption of the beverage to bad behavior,...
View ArticleWe’re Not Making Grades, and Our Kids are Paying for It
A report card was just released on physical activity for kids in the United States. Sadly, if the U.S. were a student, it would definitely be going to summer school. The first-ever United States Report...
View ArticleEarly Exposure to Allergens May Reduce Risk of Allergies, Asthma
It may sound a little gross, but a new study suggests that infants exposed to rodent and pet dander, roach allergens, and a variety of household bacteria in their first year of life appear less likely...
View ArticleDoes Your Family Get Enough Sleep? If Not, Your Kids May be at a Higher Risk...
Sleep is important for a number of reasons, but a study has discovered a new one you may not know about. According to research from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and...
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