Jun 23, 2020
The Daily Mirror — Dave Masters
There’s huge range of delicious in-season fruit and vegetables available at the moment just waiting to be eaten. You can dine like a king on fresh apples, pears, berries, plums, damsons and gooseberries. Or feast on tasty veg such as asparagus, cucumbers, mushrooms, courgette, spinach, tomatoes and radishes. They’re all fantastic, healthy choices which are perfect for creating yummy meals that should appeal to the whole family. But if – like many parents out there – you’ve got a pint-sized picky eater on your hands, it isn’t always that easy to persuade them to tuck in at meal times.
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Jun 22, 2020
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Early signs of being more susceptible to type 2 diabetes as an adult can be seen in children as young as 8 years old, decades before it is likely to be diagnosed, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care today.
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Jun 22, 2020
Moms – Allison Cooper
Nutrition can be an oddly difficult thing to navigate, especially as a parent. We grow up learning about the Food Guide Pyramid in school, however, this has changed over recent years. Then of course there’s the fact that food portions are different for children than adults, and babies, too, for that matter. It’s a lot to consider whenever you are just trying to make the right choices for those you love. If you can relate to sometimes feeling overwhelmed by feeding your kids a balanced diet, you are not alone.
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Jun 21, 2020
Edutopia – Emily Kaplan
In other words, imaginative play not only enables children to better understand reality—by helping them to inhabit the perspectives of, say, both a doll patient and a stuffed animal doctor—but also to quickly change the narrative when the reality becomes too much to bear. (In the past two months, I’ve seen this with a three-year-old I’ve spent a lot of time with, who repeatedly declares dolls dead before bringing them back to life.) Psychologists call these processes denial and undoing, and they’re essential to maintaining a child’s sense of safety and control.
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Jun 21, 2020
Moms – Leena Nasir
Most of us are home for the summer, and kids are enjoying limitless time outside –perhaps more than they ever have before. This has turned out to be a little blessing in disguise, as there are so many health benefits associated with increased time in the great outdoors.
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