Here are two related articles regarding the effects of lack of sleep on the bodyweight of children. First, Less Sleep Packs More Pounds on Young Children
Young children who sleep less than nine hours a night have triple the risk of being overweight and have about 3% more body fat than children who get nine [...]
Filed in Sleep and Stress No Responses yet
No, it’s not a story about Skip running amok on a sugar binge. It’s Skip, of Mt. Baker CrossFit, unleashing an excellent rant about our national sugar addiction.
I ask you….would any SANE mom or dad consider giving their toddler 7 teaspoons of sugar at any time? (please say NO!!)
Check out the rest [...]
Filed in Sugar and Fake Foods 5 Comments so far
Here’s an article from Science Daily: Kids Eat More Fruits, Vegetables When Schools Offer Salad Bar
The findings show that the frequency of students’ fruit and vegetable consumption increased significantly — from 2.97 to 4.09 times daily — after a salad bar was introduced.
….
“The salad bar program showed us that children will indeed eat more [...]
Here’s an article from yesterday’s USA Today about diabetes. The premise is that, as my title says, diabetes is hitting kids younger these days. Type II Diabetes was once called “Adult Onset Diabetes” because it took much longer for the body to accumulate the necessary body fat and insulin resistance to be diabetic. [...]
Filed in Obesity and Disease 3 Comments so far
Via The Ethicurean: E. coli Loophole Cited in Recalls
Think about this the next time you purchase your beef in the supermarket:
One federal inspector calls it the “E. coli loophole.” Another says, “Nobody would buy it if they knew.”
The officials are referring to the little-discussed fact that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed it acceptable [...]
Filed in Farming Methods No Responses yet
I’ve decided that I can no longer ignore the ridiculous advertisements peddling sugary concoctions to kids (and adults) under the guise of “health” or “balanced nutrition”. Today’s lucky ducky is the line of bars from PediaSure known as “NutriPals Balanced Nutrition Snacks,” namely because I saw them on TV in the gym yesterday while [...]
Filed in The World of Advertising No Responses yet
“Let’s put the women and children to bed and go lookin’ for dinner!” - Joe Kane, The Program
It’s no secret around these parts that I’m a big fan of sleep, more specifically how it affects health. My review of the book Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival is a good start for why I [...]
Filed in Sleep and Stress 2 Comments so far
In a similar vein to my posts yesterday and today about The Cure for What Ails Ya, I saw this article today on Mark’s Daily Apple: Cough Drugs for Kids Spark Concern
The FDA said Friday it had 54 reports of deaths in children linked to decongestants containing the ingredients pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine and ephedrine from 1969 [...]
In the same vein as my post on The Drugging of Our Children and the link to Ross Enamait’s post, here is a WebMD article titled Too Much TV Linked to Behavior Problems
Researchers found that children who watched more than two hours of television per day from age 2 1/2 until age 5 1/2 were [...]
Filed in Sleep and Stress 2 Comments so far
Science Daily had this article a few days ago titled Eating Together As A Family Creates Better Eating Habits Later In Life.
Eating together as a family during adolescence is associated with lasting positive effects on dietary quality in young adulthood, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.
….
The researchers found eating family meals together during [...]
RSS Feed