Jun 13, 2017
Medical X-Press – Peter Warzynski
“Parents should not give up on encouraging their children to eat their greens. This is the advice of researchers at Loughborough University who found that ‘repeated exposure’ to vegetables at snack and mealtimes worked when trying to improve a child’s diet. The study, which reviewed a number of previously proposed methods for increasing the number of vegetables children eat, recommended the three most effective approaches for parents to take.”(more)
Jun 12, 2017
Penn Live – Ivey DeJesus
“Children are getting heavier, and the obesity rate is increasingly global and no longer delineated by country wealth. Those are among the key findings of a new study out Monday by the New England Journal of Medicine. In its article entitled “Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years,” the prestigious medical journal lays out the troubling and increasing global rate of childhood obesity. The study lays out long documented consequences associated with childhood obesity, among them cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancers and an array of musculoskeletal disorders.”(more)
Jun 12, 2017
The Daily Mail – Eve McGowan
“Whether it’s a camping holiday in the countryside or a weekend bike ride, the experts are in agreement: the healthiest thing you can do as a family this summer is to simply step outdoors – and get moving. To maintain a basic level of health, children aged five to 18 should get at least one hour of physical activity every day, according to the NHS. However, new figures show that only 22 per cent of children in England achieve this. In children under five, less than one in ten meet the guidelines for their age.”(more)
Jun 11, 2017
The Daily Mail – Alexandra Thompson
“Continuing to offer vegetables, even if your child refuses them at first, is the most effective way of getting greens into their diet, a study review reveals. Incorporating greens into children’s everyday meals also encourages them to give vegetables a try, the review found. Non-food rewards, such as stickers, are also effective, the research adds. Families should also aim to all eat the same meals. This is because children may be encouraged to try vegetables if they see their parents enjoying them, the researchers said. Study author Dr Emma Haycraft from Loughborough University, said: ‘It might feel as if they’ll never accept vegetables, but tastes are always changing. Gentle encouragement to try a disliked food is important for helping children to learn to like new tastes.”(more)
Jun 11, 2017
Reader’s Digest – Bryce Gruber
“Any drugstore’s sun protection aisle can leave people confused and overwhelmed. A seemingly endless variety of sunscreens beckon: Water-resistant, exercise-ready, sprays, creams, blocks, SPF-loaded sticks, and, of course, kid-specific formulas. But wait a minute—why do kids need their own type of sunscreen? It turns out the kids-and-sunscreen issue is more complicated than we realized.”(more)
