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American Children Are Not Consuming Enough Milk
A recent study from Penn State has found that American children are drinking insufficient amounts of milk and the dairy they are choosing to consume are very high in fat. The study examined a children's daily dairy intake and compared it with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid dairy recommendations. The findings revealed that only 2 to 3 year olds met the MyPyramid dairy recommendations. It was also observed that most children choose to eat more of the highest fat varieties of cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and dairy based toppings. (Read more about American Children Are Not Consuming Enough Milk)
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Children & Pain Relief
When your child gets hurt, and complains of pain, what do you use to treat the hurt and the injury?
A new study looks at three commonly used medicines for kids’ pain…and found which one works best.
You’d think that after decades of using tylenol, ibuprofen, and codeine, we’d have a grasp on which is best for pain due to musculoskeletal injuries--things like bruises, and even fractures.
But there hasn’t been a lot of research into this, which is why this new study sheds a lot of light on the issue. (Read more about Children & Pain Relief)
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Food Ads and Children
Well, you may grit your teeth through the ads, but your littlest ones might just find TV commercials for cereals or fast food joints just grrrrrrreat!
But according to the latest research, these ads are setting the stage in part for poor eating habits and obesity as the child gets older.
Researchers painstakingly watched preschooler programming on three major networks: PBS, The Disney Channel, and Nickelodean, between the hours of 9am and 1pm.
The question: have the likes of Dora The Explorer and Elmo given in to corporate greed and the feeding frenzy over the youngest of the target television demographics?
The study found the majority of these ads was for fast food chains or sweetened cereals; it’s an overrepresentation, the authors write, of foods high in fat and sugar.
In fact, the fast food ad trend now accounts for a third of the ads.
The concern: these ads promote poor eating habits and obesity. (Read more about Food Ads and Children)
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Backyard Summer Safety
As soon as the morning summer sun peaks through their bedroom windows, 5 year old Anna and 3 and a half year old Dylan sprint to their backyard paradise.
“We’re always in the yard, all day. And then they even have a little kiddie pool in the yard, which they fill up with all their toys and they play with the hose and that keeps them occupied for hours,” says Anna and Dylan’s mother, Laura Behr.
For many families the backyard is a summer haven…swimming, enjoying swing sets and sand boxes, fill up the days of summer. But, according to medical experts, all too often, blistering sunburn, bad bug bites and pool accidents occur. (Read more about Backyard Summer Safety)
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Children and The Sugar Crisis
At the age of only 13, Mark Vindman ballooned to a whopping 229 pounds. But, today, he’s on a rigorous nutrition and fitness plan that’s getting him back on track. “I have challenges of not being able to eat sweets anymore. And not being able to eat fried food anymore, but eventually I grew out of it, the risk of dying, the risk of having cancer, and diseases that I really didn’t want to have,” says Mark.
With a record number of overweight children, our kids are at tremendous risk for developing dangerous disease. Their only option is winning the battle of the bulge..it’s what they’ll need to survive.
“One of the ones that we‘re most concerned about is the issue of type 2 diabetes. We live in an environment where it is easy not to get too much physical activity, where it is easy to have access to lots and lots of food and food that has high caloric densities, has lot of calories, doesn’t have a lot of nutritional value, and so there is the tendency to eat more than we need, and to not move around enough,” explains Dr. Lisa Altshuler of the Kids Weight Down Program at Maimonides Medical Center. (Read more about Children and The Sugar Crisis)
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Type 2 Diabetes and Teens
You’ve almost certainly heard about the obesity trends in America, how we’re all getting fatter--including kids!
Now, a disturbing set of data shows how that problem is playing out in terms of very real disease in our young people.
It’s one of the worst diseases to have, and ironically, for most of us, it’s truly preventable. Diabetes is increasing in American kids—specifically, Type Two Diabetes--and it’s directly related to the fattening of our children. (Read more about Type 2 Diabetes and Teens)
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OBESITY MEDICATION AND TEENS
It’s a sad note that we’ve gotten to the point in our society that our children are becoming so overweight, and the problem is so widespread, that now weight loss medication is now being approved for teens. (Read more about OBESITY MEDICATION AND TEENS)
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ADHD CHILDREN & IRON DEFICIENCY
At first glance, Sean looks like your typical 12 year old, mesmerized by his video games. But, Sean’s mom, Susan, tells us she knew from when he was just 5 years old, he was different. “He was very unsettled and had problems sitting still in the classroom and liked to wonder around,” says Susan.
Sean has ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It’s a condition characterized by impulsivity, overactivity and inattention.
“We started him on a low dose of medication to try to help him,” says Susan. (Read more about ADHD CHILDREN & IRON DEFICIENCY)
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WHOLE GRAINS
One of the new food guide recommendations released Wednesday by the USDA says we suggests an increased intake of whole grain foods. This has those in the grain industry celebrating, and rolling out new products almost immediately.
“I don’t like the refined flours,” says Cassandra as she shops. She goes out of her way to buy whole grain breads. But even she says it’s confusing. “I can never really tell. I just make sure that it says 100% whole grain wheat.” (Read more about WHOLE GRAINS)
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