Conquer the classroom: Tips for back-to-school success

The Duluth News Tribune – Danielle Teigen

In a matter of days and weeks, students will once again be roaming the hallways of area schools, marking the end of summer and the start of another school year. The transition always brings a mixture of emotions and expectations; get your student off to a great start with these helpful tips. (more)

Do your children engage in sufficient exercise?

The Citizen – Shenrina Badri

According to MedlinePlus, ‘most children need at least an hour of physical activity every day’. Engaging in exercise on a regular basis can offer children the same benefits as it does adults. This is a great reason to get a workout with your children if you are not already doing so. An added bonus is that it will facilitate bonding whilst spending quality time together. (more)

Give kids a taste for vegetables: start early

WTOP – Bruce Alan

It’s not easy to instill a love of vegetables in your children. Sally Squires, who writes the Lean Plate Club™ blog, says 25 percent of preschoolers don’t eat vegetables, and exposing kids to vegetables as early as possible is key for healthy habits down the road. One way to win them over with greens is to introduce them in ways that make them more palatable, rather than simply demanding that kids eat their peas or broccoli. (more)

No, combination vaccines don’t overwhelm kids’ immune systems

Medical X-Press – Kristine Macartney

No parent likes seeing their child have injections. Yet, around 93% of parents across Australia protect their children against 15 serious diseases by giving them all the recommended vaccines on the National Immunisation Program Schedule. This success is due in part to the value of combination vaccines, which protect against two or more diseases in one go. (more)

Teens are as inactive as 60-year-olds

Tree Hugger – Katherine Martinko

Aren’t young people supposed to be filled with boundless energy? There’s something very wrong with this picture. “Nineteen is the new 60,” Lenore Skenazy wrote last week in the Wall Street Journal. Now, as every parent knows, there are a lot of ways in which teens act older than their age, but in this context Skenazy is referring to the dire lack of physical activity among teenagers, whose lifestyles resemble those of near-retirees more than the energetic young’uns they’re supposed to be.”(more)