Endurance Exercise And Kids
Endurance exercises for kids generally include dancing – for hours – running races and a variety of sports games. Endurance exercises are those that involve any aerobic activity where extra oxygen is transported to every organ in the body and which elevates the heart rate.
Activities like a kid’s baseball team, […]
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childhood obesity
Here’s one for you.
One <cough>expert panel<cough> is suggesting that we not couch references regarding childhood obesity in sensitive terms.
The blunter terms make sense if they motivate doctors to work with more kids who need help, “but you have to be real careful about labeling or saying it in front of a child,” Belamarich said.
Well, duh, […]
Poptarts Gone Healthy!
Kelloggs is making some of it’s products more healthy.
I’m a huge Poptart fan - I’ve always loved the brown sugar poptarts, without frosting, toasted and slathered with butter - I love Poptarts any way they come. I’m glad to see the large companies taking note of this, but that’s not all there is […]
Donuts
Babyboy’s teacher brought donuts to his class this morning. They are going in earlier this week because they have an extra class an hour earlier.
Guess the bimbo thinks that this will assist in waking them up and assist them in their learning. Here’s an idea: why not give them extra recess time? That’s what they […]
Web ads raise concerns advertisers impact on childhood obesity
BY ANDREA VALDEZ
Medill News ServiceSixteen percent of American children age six to 11 are diagnosed as obese, according to the Center for Disease Control. Experts point to several contributing factors for why 9 million children are overweight, but the effects online food marketing have on children’s eating […]
