Jan 16, 2018
Futurity – Ellen Goldbaum-Buffalo
To promote healthy eating among children, research shows that parents should expose them to a variety of foods and remain persistent, starting during pregnancy. “The goal was to review the literature in order to make recommendations to parents and caregivers on how they can best encourage children’s healthy eating starting as early as possible,” says lead author Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, assistant professor in the pediatrics department in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. (more)
Jan 16, 2018
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more likely to eat hundreds of extra junk food snacks, according to a report by Cancer Research UK. Being bombarded by TV ads for unhealthy, high calorie food could lead teens to eat more than 500 extra snacks like crisps, biscuits and fizzy drinks throughout the course of a single year compared to those who watch less TV. (more)
Jan 15, 2018
The Huffington Post – Amy Packham
Nearly 43,000 children and teenagers in England and Wales had hospital operations to remove teeth last year, NHS figures show. Councillor Izzi Seccombe, chairman of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Community Wellbeing Board, said the figures show we have an oral health crisis” and called for money raised from the sugar tax to be invested in “innovative oral health education so that parents and children understand the impact of sugar on teeth and the importance of a good oral hygiene regime”. (more)
Jan 15, 2018
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Over half of Canadian youth and young adults who have consumed energy drinks have experienced negative health effects as a result, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. In a nationwide survey of Canadian youth, over half of those who had ever consumed an energy drink had reported experiencing an adverse health event, including rapid heartbeat, nausea, and in rare cases, seizures. (more)
Jan 14, 2018
Veg News – Laurie Marbas, MD
Before I was a doctor, I was a mom to three little children. I started medical school when my kids were 5, 3, and 10 months old, which—perhaps not coincidentally—is the same year I began seeing white hairs on my head. In order for survival (mine, not theirs), we had a few house rules: 1. Eat what you get, or you will have to wait to eat at the next meal. 2. You dirty a dish, you wash it. 3. “I’m your mom, not your short-order cook.” We had varying degrees of success with following these rules, but these guidelines made our transition to a plant-based diet much easier (which happened when my children were 18, 16, and 13). (more)
