Child Weight

Highly processed foods are loaded with chemicals, synthetic fats, additives, artificial sweeteners, and food colourings. Unfortunately, you can't keep these foods out of the diets of your children forever. But if you limit exposure while…
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Make sure that your kids eat foods from all of the food groups each day. This is a great way to ensure they are getting all the nutrients their growing bodies need and keep them fit and lean. It helps to ward off any diet deficiencies.…
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Make the kids use the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. These are great conveniences, but they make us very lazy. While the older you get, the more you prefer the elevator or escalator, but there is no reason why the children…
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Introduce your kids to more and more healthful ingredients, but do it gradually. Think of all that is natural, interesting, nutritious and helps create variety. Start adding flours like ragi, emmer wheat, quinoa, buckwheat and others,…
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Sleep needs to be one of your most important family values. A study published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychology’ suggests that this is because more parental sleep is related to more child sleep, which is connected with lowered chances…
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Busy lives and changing habits mean that fewer families now eat their evening meal at the dining table, preferring to tuck into their meal in front of a television or computer instead. A study of young children found that those who eat…
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Want your kids to be fit and healthy? Be active with your family! Walk, run, or bike together. Keep screen time to the minimum and involve children in the shopping and cooking of foods for them to be aware of healthy options. More than…
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If you’re watching your weight but find it hard to avoid treats such as chocolate, cake and pizzas when you’re feeling down, a strange new solution could help you resist temptation. Researchers at Bonaventure University in New York have…
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Children who consume too much sugar could be at greater risk of becoming obese, hyperactive, and cognitively impaired, as adults, says a study from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Says researcher Professor Selena…
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If your children are overweight and you are struggling to help them, here are some options to integrate weight management into your child’s life: Make goal-setting and meal planning a family activity. Have family exercise…
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