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 [...]
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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 — [...]
Parents, Especially Fathers, Play Key Role in Young Adults’ Health
A new University of Guelph study has found that parents, and especially fathers, play a vital role in developing healthy behaviours in young adults and helping to prevent [...]
Preschoolers Who Eat Their Veggies Just as Likely to Eat Junk Food
Public-health experts have long expected that kids who eat more carrots and apples are less likely to eat a lot of candy and fries, but new research is calling that into [...]
Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days
Obese children who cut back on their sugar intake see improvements in their blood pressure, cholesterol readings and other markers of health after just 10 days, a rigorous [...]
Light Exposure Linked to Weight Gain in Children
A world-first study by QUT’s Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group has revealed pre-schoolers exposed to more light earlier in day tend to weigh more. Cassandra [...]
No Garden Access for Children Linked to Childhood Obesity Later
A study of 6467 children from England–presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in [...]
Screen Time That Can Help Your Child Lose Weight!
As a parent, you likely limit your children’s time in front of the television because you don’t want them to become inactive and overweight. However, Dr. Amanda Staiano, [...]
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