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Today’s generation of children have it tougher when it comes to their self-image. With media showing vanity, eternal youthfulness and sex as the measurement of beauty, the picture that our young girls and boys get is that - either they measure up, or they are losers. As parents and guardians of our children, we don’t […]
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Kids Health Notes give-away: The Only Hearts Club dolls. Thanks for sharing how you encourage your child(ren) to have a more positive self-image. Later this week I’ll make a list of your tips, so we can all benefit from each other. I would love to see you come […]
“The family who eats together helps their teen girls control weight better.”
That’s the take home message in this new study associating disordered eating behaviors with less frequent family meals.
In a survey of 2500 adolescents, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, and her colleagues found that among teen girls, those who take five or more meals with their families each […]
Fresh off the press!
A candidate gene has been significantly linked to the development of autism by three separate groups of scientists.
Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 (CNTNAP2), a strong a priori candidate for autism, has now been “unequivocally implicated” in causing the newly defined Type 1 autism. Scientists from Yale University, the University of California, Los Angeles, […]
Science and Health bloggers from b5 came up with our Top Holiday Tips for our Channel theme day, and boy did we outdo ourselves this time!
Check all of them out…
Angela at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 started our theme day off today with her very witty and I mean witty, post, Top 10 Funny Breastfeeding Slogans.
Kristina at Autism […]
A principal in one of Boston’s affluent, uber-achieving schools is doing something radical to help his S.O.S. or stressed-out-students -
Less homework, more yoga.
Paul Richards, principal of Needham High School, is taking on a cultural change in his school to get students coping with school-related stress. He has stopped publishing the honor roll in the local […]
Another round of applause to nature’s best food for babies!
We’ve long known that breastmilk is good for babies… At least it’s proven in full-term babies. Now, research shows even pre-term babies get the benefits.
Extremely low birth weight premature infants who received breast milk shortly after birth, while still in intensive care units, had greater mental […]
My child is probably one of the many who watch these toddler shows all the time. The same sets of DVDs over and over again. I don’t even have to watch them to know what the scenes are. Actually neither does she! She has already ‘memorized’ what happens next. A friend told me before that […]
Health matters for children from infancy to adolescence.
Written by Grace Ibay, M.H.S. [email] for b5media.
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