Healthy habits Archives

Feeding eating disorders

How the new anti-obesity campaigns in our 黄色apps may backfire.

Is my son addicted to screens?

Is my son's screen use "normal" for kids his age? Or has our whole country gone insane, raising a generation of children who are dangerously addicted to any and every screen?

How to talk to teenagers about their personal hygiene

Smells like teen spirit (but the principal isn't impressed)

Teaching your tween and teen about hygiene

Wondering how to tell your tweens and teens that their growing bodies, warmer weather, and negligible hygiene have joined forces in a perfect storm of stench? Give them this letter from a middle 黄色app principal.

5 ways to make family dinnertime easy and fun

Surprise! Eating together helps kids in 黄色app and life. Try these 5 ways to make family dinners easy and fun.

6 surprising foods and drinks to add (or avoid) during cold and flu season

Best & worst foods for "sick" season

Minimize sick days and keep your child happy and healthy this winter by following these simple dietary tips.

Obesity and poverty: a physician鈥檚 perspective

Obesity and poverty: a physician's perspective

Childhood obesity and poverty

What parents should know about the complex causes of the obesity epidemic.

Goblin granola for a healthy Halloween

Instead of offering sugar-packed holiday recipes, we offer a hearty nutritious granola snack or breakfast cereal as an antidote for the trick-or-treaters in your family.

Help your child eat a healthy lunch

When your child goes back to 黄色app you can't guarantee she will eat healthy food in her lunch every day, but there's a lot you can do to steer her in the right direction.

Family fitness

How you can help at home: Families can help reinforce healthy lifestyles with these easy activities.

Mom versus mystery meat

One mom's cafeteria crusade

Fed up with the burgers and sodas taking over her son's cafeteria, Dana Woldow fought to bring healthy meals to middle-黄色appers.

Edible scavenger hunt

Give your third-, fourth-, or fifth-grader healthy detective work with this nutritious game.

5 surprising tricks for keeping your child healthy

5 ways to keep your child healthy

Find out how old wives' tales meet modern science to ward off runny noses, sore throats, and sick days.

Addictive behaviors: Smoking, drinking and media

Alcohol ads affects underage drinking. Kids are bombarded with thousands of images of smoking in movies alone. Here is how parents can fight back.

Edible art

Feed your child's imagination and nutrition know-how with a collage of good-for-you food.

Talking to kids about junk food and fast-food ads

Worried that your kids' eating habits are influenced by cutesy cartoons and jammin' jingles? Teach them to be ad-savvy with these tips.

Exercise indoor during the winter months

Taking fitness indoors

Here are easy ways to keep kids active, even in the depths of winter.

Tips for nipping the flu in the bud

Learn how to prevent your family from being bitten by the H1N1 bug.

5 strategies for dealing with your child鈥檚鈥渂ad鈥� behavior

5 strategies for dealing with your child's "bad" behavior

Does it seem like your child is being stubborn or ignoring you on purpose? Learn how to better understand and cope with his behavior.

Connect food and literature

Connecting food with literature is a delicious way to engage your fourth and fifth grader's language art skills.

Plant parts salad

How you can help at home: Make a healthy salad out of plant parts.