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Easy Ways You Can Help to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Easy Ways You Can Help to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Did you know that our military is threatened because of the childhood obesity epidemic? That’s right. Not enough of the applicants can pass the physical required after recruitment. This should point out how severe the problem has become.
It’s easy to point fingers and blame everyone around us about this menace. However, the time has come for action, not finger pointing. It means that all of us have some responsibility to deal with it. What can we do?
While there is plenty to do for all of us, we parents have …
If you have a young child and have been thinking about getting him or her started in piano lessons, you have probably heard many reports about the benefits of starting at a very young age. It is true that crucial musical development takes place in babies and toddlers starting at birth, and that children need musical stimulation from very early on in their lives.
One of the questions I’m often asked is some version of “Dr. Pat, what can I do so the sexual abuse I experienced as a little kid doesn’t still get in the way of the intimacy I want with my honey?”
Take heed what you put in your minds & who you surround yourselves with
As I take a look around at the news and news documentaries on obesity, it seems that the most serious threats to the welfare and well-being of American youth may not be a terrorist attack, but rather the succumbing to the effects of astutely targeted food advertisement, fast food restaurants marketers, and the video game industry. How so? All of the aforementioned contribute to the ongoing epidemic of childhood obesity. Let’s examine some of the facts related to the growing numbers of overweight and obese children.
My dad was a special just because he was my dad, but because he had an awe and wonder of the world that was infectious. He never lost that childlike awe of the world around him.
Early childhood education is the foundation of learning in the first part of a child’s life, also known as the formative years. This is generally from birth to age eight. The formative years are the most vulnerable times as this is the time when the character is formed. What a child learns and experiences between birth and eight, will make or break his or her confidence. ECD teachers can help to build a child with a strong character that will adjust easily to all situations in life. It is important to …
What is education? Education is a process of learning new skills, knowledge and values. Education starts when we are still a baby in our mothers’ womb. Education never ends; it follows us until our very last breathe. Through education, we become a better person.
Childhood obesity is out of control in the United States today. Statistics show the number of children between 6 and 11 who are obese have doubled since 1980. Being over weight as a child will lead to an adult having many diseases that could have been preventable if they would have maintained a healthy weight as a child. Childhood obesity can be prevented if you follow some of the simple rules below:
Darren and Jamie crossed the police tape and surveyed the lake, or what was left of it. What was once a crystalline spherical mirror was now a massive crater, half a mile across, looking like the aftermath of a meteoric impact. Jamie smiled gleefully as he overlooked the scene; Darren didn’t share his enthusiasm.