Medical X-Press – Len Cantor
Working out in a natural environment can also be more physically challenging, making your body work harder and bringing greater fitness results. This happens when, for instance, you’re walking, hiking or running on natural terrain, which can vary in evenness and require more exertion than on a flat surface, such as a treadmill. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-benefits-outdoors.html
Medical X-Press – Sharita Forrest
Nearly half of the home-packed lunches that children brought to school each day rarely or never included vegetables, a University of Illinois researcher found in a new study of families in California. However, the number of vegetables in kids’ lunches increased if they participated in deciding what foods to pack, said Carolyn Sutter, a postdoctoral research associate with the U. of I.’s Family Resiliency Center and the lead author of the study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-home-packed-lunches-vegetables-children.html
U.S. Army – Mieke Vanderborght
With the new year comes that itch to become a new and improved you. Some make resolutions to exercise more, spend less money, be more organized, or procrastinate less. But how many of you have considered the new year as an opportunity to take stock of where you are as a parent and decide to make sure you’re on track to raising the most wonderful little human beings you possibly can? https://www.army.mil/article/215284/new_year_new_parent_bring_out_the_best_in_your_parenting
USA Today – Michelle Maltais
Scream time. That’s what I’ve taken to calling the drama that can come from enforcing screen time limits with my kids. And no, it’s not just them doing the screaming. My husband and I had navigated screen use with our two kids, Christopher, 7, and Gabrielle, 5, keeping the binge-watching and gaming at bay by focusing mostly on math or word games, chess and puzzles. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/12/18/my-kids-spend-too-much-time-playing-videogames/2217188002/
The Indian Express – Vishnuvardhan Reddy Meedimale
Pollution and poisonous air are having an adverse impact on the health of millions of children around the world, leading to severe damage to their brains and causing several thousands of deaths, according to the latest report published by the World Health Organization. The WHO study found that of all the people in the world, air pollution affects children the worst since pollutants are more often concentrated near the ground. https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/health-fitness/air-pollution-breathing-exercises-for-kids-5494051/