Providing a healthy meal for your child is only part of ensuring his or her success against obesity. Did you know that many people miscalculate portion sizes on a regular basis? This can attribute to some of the cause in our overweight society...
Back to School Pledge For Kids
Kids drink too many sugary drinks for lunch and as an afterschool snack.
This school year make the pledge to help kids substitute one sugary drink for water.
Pledge to promote water to ...
This is why I love Michelle Obama so much. Not only is she out there promoting healthier choices for children and fighting childhood obesity with so many wonderful programs but she also reminds us that we got to keep it fun!
Thank you Michelle ...
A new report released by the CDC states that childhood obesity in preschoolers has declined in several states*.
Obesity rates decreased slightly in 19 of 43 states and territories.
Obesity rates increased slightly in 3 of 43 st...
With summer here and kids eating more snacks, it is so important to maintain good dental health. We talk a lot about healthy snacks but healthy teeth are a combination of healthy eating and healthy dental habits. Unfortunately, the Centers for Dis...
I am happy to share this wonderful webinar that you still have time to see from my friend and healthy kids advocate, Carmen Johnson.
It is about 90 minutes but it will fly by. Carmen is very interesting and knowledgeable about changing fo...
Sugar is found in a myriad of different kids health foods – sometimes without us even suspecting it is there.
Alarmingly, sugar isn’t just in the obvious, like lollies and soft drinks, it is often a key ingredient in fruit juice, fla...
Make a pledge to help kids replace one sugary drink with water.
You know most kids don't get enough water. Water is so important and necessary for children (really all of us) because it:
hydrates the body, since most of our body (cel...
New study out of Duke shows that parents are very influential in food choices kids make and can make a difference in their eating and physical activity habits.
But I am not surprised by this study. We seem to need a study to tell us what is...
Your daughter may be neat as a pin, but getting your son into the shower is perhaps the most difficult part of the day. Though there are always exceptions to the rule, girls tend to be cleaner as toddlers and grade school goers compared to boys.
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