Information and Ideas to help parents and children cope. What Every Parent Needs to Know about Bullying NO ONE likes to be picked on. As another school year starts, no doubt bullying will make its way back into the news. Sadly, it’s more common than you might think. Nearly 30% of 6th and 8th graders …
Let’s Make this Holiday Season Joyous and SAFE for families! Safe Toys and Gifts Awareness Month Posted by ascplhealth As we scan the sale ads this weekend looking for those great toy deals, let?s keep in mind the safety of our children too. Prevent Blindness America, the nation?s oldest eye health and safety organization, has …
Parents and Schools Must Work in Tandem Educating School Professionals about Mental Illness Ideas from the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) to help us help our nation’s schools adress the ways to meet the mental and emotional needs of America’s greatest resource: our children. Here are some ideas for approaching schools during Mental Illness …
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Physical Activity in Youth Lowers Fracture Risks Later in Life Physical Activity in Youth Lowers Fracture Risks Later in Life School-age children who get regular daily exercise improve their health – both now and in the future. Bjorn Rosengren, from Skane University Hospital (Sweden), and colleagues conducted a population-based controlled exercise intervention for six years …
Exercise and lower fat can make a liftetime of difference. Breast cancer prevention may start as early as age nine or ten. Two simple factors appear to affect the future health and longevity of girls, beginning as early as their pre-teens. Estrogen and progesterone cause breast cancer to develop and progress faster. The levels of …
The vital importance of a family meal together! Family Meals Promote Five-A-Day From: Child Health Nutrition In that the World Health Organization recommends that people consume five 80-gram servings of fruits and vegetables a day, the United Kingdom Department of Health enacted the “5 A Day” Campaign to aid the achievement of this dietary goal. …
Budget Cuts Effect Schools! Support physical fitness programs in your school system. Elementary School Gym Class Reduces Obesity Risk Posted on June 19, 2013, 6 a.m. in Exercise Child Health Weight and Obesity Including an extra session of physical education in the timetable of elementary school children may have a big impact on their health …
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Junk Food Triggers Fat and Sugar Cravings in Babies Eating Junk Food in Pregnancy Triggers Fat and Sugar Cravings in Babies Women who eat junk food while pregnant are effectively programming their babies to be addicted to a high-fat and high-sugar diet by the time they are weaned, say researchers from the University of Adelaide …
Poor Nutrition, Lack of Excercise, and Stress Levels Affect Our Greatest Resource: Our Children 1 in 5 American Youths May Have Hypertension Posted on June 14, 2011, 6 a.m. in Blood Pressure Child Health Roughly 19% of young adults in the United States may have high blood pressure. Quynh C. Nguyen, of the University of …
