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• Good Eats for School-Age Kids

  

  Posted 3:08 PM 7/21/2011

  How you feed your kid now can inspire healthy eating habits for a lifetime. New friends and activities change a school-age child's perspective on food. But it's still up to parents to provide kids with the foods they need to thrive.

  Here's some expert advice on how you can do that, as well as set the stage for your child to learn healthy eating habits for life.

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• How to Boost 4 Essential Nutrients Kids Need

  

  Posted 7:58 PM 6/8/2011

  Certain essential nutrients have gone missing from our kids' diets. The "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" from the U.S. government encourages children to eat more foods with these five nutrients -- calcium, fiber, magnesium, vitamin E, potassium -- as part of a balanced diet.

  Your child may resist your efforts to help him eat better, so use the stealth health tip in each section to covertly include what he needs to develop a strong, healthy body and ward (More)
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• Less Screen Time for Kids

  

  Posted 7:17 PM 5/17/2011

  Do your school-aged kids spend much of their free time in front of a TV, computer monitor, or other type of screen? If so, you're not alone. Children's overall screen time has more than doubled since 1999 to more than 7 hours a day.

  There are many reasons for parents to be concerned. Among them, struggles with school, attention problems, sleeping disorders, and obesity are all linked with excessive media time. According to Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, director (More)
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• When Do Kids Form Their First Memories?

  

  Posted 11:16 PM 5/11/2011

  May 11, 2011 -- New research challenges the notion that very young children do not form memories, finding that they do but that the memories often fade over time.

  Most adults remember little before their third or fourth birthdays, and the thinking has been that prior to this age children do not have the cognitive or language skills to process and store events as memories.

  But (More)
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• New Dosing Guidelines for Kids' Liquid Medicines

  

  Posted 6:22 PM 5/5/2011

  May 5, 2011 -- In an effort to make sure children take medications in proper doses, the FDA has issued final guidance to companies that make, distribute, and sell liquid over-the-counter drugs that are packaged with droppers, syringes, spoons, and cups.

  The FDA says it issued the guidance because of continuing concerns about the potential for accidental overdoses (More)
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• Most Young Kids Don't Get Enough Exercise

  

  Posted 11:10 PM 4/14/2011

  April 14, 2011 -- About three out of four children ages 5 to 10 get less than one hour of physical activity daily, according to a new survey.

  The survey of more than 1,600 U.S. parents was conducted by the YMCA of the USA, also known as Y-USA.

  It showed that that 74% of children between the ages of 5 and 10 do not get enough exercise on a daily basis (More)
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• Tips for a Healthy Summer Camp

  

  Posted 5:38 PM 3/28/2011

  March 28, 2011 -- Parents should consider their children's skills, interests, and overall physical and mental health before selecting a summer camp, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says in a revised policy statement.

  The new statement also suggests steps parents can take to reduce homesickness. Those include:

  • Involve children in choosing a camp (More)
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• Mom, Dad, Do I Look Fat?

  

  Posted 8:32 PM 3/16/2011

  When your child is just starting school, you may imagine that worries about her body size and shape will come with the territory later, in her teen years. But it turns out that your young child may already be worried. Kids as young as 5, 6, and 7 years old can be worried about their weight, according to experts.

  "It's surprising how many kids in this age group are worried," says Eileen Stone, a child and adolescent psychologist in at Sanford Health in (More)
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• TV and Kids: How to Cut Screen Time

  

  Posted 8:32 PM 3/16/2011

  Do your school-aged kids spend much of their free time in front of a TV, computer monitor, or other type of screen? If so, you're not alone. Children's overall screen time has more than doubled since 1999 to more than 7 hours a day.

  There are many reasons for parents to be concerned. Among them, struggles with school, attention problems, sleeping disorders, and obesity are all linked with excessive media time. According to Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, director (More)
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• TV and Kids: How to Cut Screen Time

  

  Posted 11:42 PM 2/22/2011

  Do your school-aged kids spend much of their free time in front of a TV, computer monitor, or other type of screen? If so, you're not alone. Children's overall screen time has more than doubled since 1999 to more than 7 hours a day.

  There are many reasons for parents to be concerned. Among them, struggles with school, attention problems, sleeping disorders, and obesity are all linked with excessive media time. According to Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, director (More)
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