Wednesday, July 30, 2008
All In The Family
The Struggle To Keep Our Children Lean And Healthy
Many parents do not identify their child as “overweight,” but will select a sketch of a heavier model when asked to choose one representative of their child, new study findings show.
“Comparisons between images and sketches showed that parents’ visual perceptions of their children more clearly reflect their child’s physical appearance than words they might use to classify the child’s weight,” study author Dr. Helen J. Binns, of Northwestern University in Chicago told Reuters Health.
“So parents have a correct visual perception, but don’t consider that to fit in the medical diagnostic categories,” she added.
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health,
kids obesity,
overweight
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Are vitamins and Minerals for kids?
As parents we all know how important nutrition is, but are vitamins and minerals for kids to? It's a fact that nutrition is an important consideration no matter what age you are. And choosing vitamins and minerals for kids is just as important. Most children will want the supplement they recently saw advertised on television but it’s important for parents to consider the vitamin and minerals that their child needs to grow up strong and healthy.
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food for kids,
minerals,
nutrition,
vitamins
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Self esteem
Self esteem is one of the most important ingredients for our success and happiness and yet one that we often ignore or put to one side.
This book gives you three very well structured parts that together form a road map to improve the quality of your life by enhancing your self-esteem.
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