(Not so) Dumb Jock Springtime is our family’s busiest time of year when it comes to sports and extracurricular... Continue reading
Homework can be a real pain in the… …back! Literally, at least according to a study published yesterday about schoolchildren’s... Continue reading
How To Get Kids To Frequent A (salad) Bar Fewer than 1 in 10 children eat the recommended daily serving of fruits and veggies. Part of this... Continue reading
Fast or Curvey… Either Way, Just Keep Count! Spring is the start of baseball for many young athletes and so we thought a recent study from... Continue reading
In Your Corner – March 2012 Newsletter Happy March everyone! With March comes Saint Patrick’s Day, and with St. Patty’s comes... Continue reading
High Kids? Goodbye! [[posterous-content:pid___0]]Some interesting data was recently released regarding “sex, drugs... Continue reading
Tackling Obesity: Contrasting Approaches to Moving Forward Georgia’s new campaign to stop childhood obesity, “Strong4Life” has caused a fair... Continue reading
Are you addicted to…Light? Last year an Addiction Biology study looked at addiction and indoor UV tanning. With the cold,... Continue reading
Obesity & Children: the Good News and the Bad News Bad news first? Okay, the bad news is that children who are overweight and obese and stay that way... Continue reading
BPA-free? A study published online today in Pediatrics shows a link between early exposure to bisphenol-A and... Continue reading
Hovering Parents = Less Active Children As the level of obesity rises with adults, it also rises with children. A main reason for... Continue reading
Watch What You Do, Because They’re Watching Us Whatever we do as parents, our children are watching us. And that includes taking pills such... Continue reading