Is Sugar as Bad for Kids as It is for Adults?
Kids love sweets. Of course, so do many adults. But even those grown-ups with a serious sweet tooth would likely struggle to polish off a big bag of candy, while the average [...]
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Is There Anything Dangerous In Your Juice?
The consumer-advocacy organization Consumer Reports tested 45 fruit juices, including apple, grape and juice blends, and found that 21 of them had “concerning [...]
Could Household Disinfectants Be Making Kids Overweight?
Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new [...]
Do Parents Make Kids Fat?
As parents, do we determine our children’s eating habits? There’s a lot of blame when it comes to childhood obesity, eating disorders and body image problems, but how [...]
Can One Food Help You Fall Asleep – and Boost Your IQ?
Good news for people looking to sleep better and boost their IQ—a new study published by the University of Pennsylvania says that regular fish consumption has been shown [...]
Should Most Kids Should Try Peanuts?
Parents worried about peanut allergies now have some surprising new guidance: Give some peanut to your babies. New guidelines out Thursday say that even babies with the [...]
Skipping Breakfast and Not Enough Sleep Can Make Children Overweight
Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a [...]
Five Second Rule for Food on Floor Is Untrue
You may think your floors are so clean you can eat off them, but a new study debunking the so-called five-second rule would suggest otherwise. Professor Donald W. Schaffner, [...]
No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Sugar a Day for Kids
Mary Poppins may need to find a new tactic to make the medicine go down. Children, ages 2 to 18, should consume no more than about six teaspoons of added sugars in their [...]
The Health Benefits of Pokémon Go
Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was? Real-life positive health consequences of playing Pokémon Go — a new GPS-based augmented reality game — [...]
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