The Sedalia Democrat – Emma Rollings
It’s a common assumption: given the option, most children will not list vegetables amongst their favorite foods. I know that for me, if it was the choice between a plate of mac ’n cheese and a bowl of green beans, you can bet that I was lunging for that plate of heavenly, golden cheesiness. (more)
Medical X-Press – Dennis Thompson
Country folk are being hit harder by the U.S. obesity epidemic than city dwellers, two new government studies show. Nearly 40 percent of rural American men and almost half of rural women are now statistically obese, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers reported Tuesday. (more)
Canoe – Staff Writer
A new report says kids with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other brain-based conditions could stand the most to gain from boosting physical activity. For the first time, ParticipAction’s annual report card on physical activity for children and youth links brain health to regular exercise. (more)
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The tendency for children to eat more or less when stressed and upset is mainly influenced by the home environment and not by genes, according to a new UCL-led study. The study, published today in Pediatric Obesity, found that genetics only play a small role in young children’s emotional overeating and undereating, unlike other eating behaviours in childhood such as food fussiness. (more)
The Washington Post – Casey Seidenberg
I often wonder which family memories will stick in my children’s minds as they grow up and craft lives of their own. Will it be the forced family hikes, the loud and competitive game nights, the trips we’ve taken where the suggestion of a hotel room seemed more enticing than the destination itself? Or will it be the smaller, less structured times together hanging out on the couch watching a baseball game or laughing over a big pancake breakfast? (more)