Category: kids

Gut-Health-and-Childhood-Obesity

Gut Health Affects Childhood Obesity

November 19th, 2019

Obesity Reviews by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health suggests that gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity. "The medical community used to think that obesity was a result of consuming too many calories.

What’s Scarier – Halloween Costumes or Leftover Candy?

October 31st, 2019

Happy Halloween! Today marks the unofficial beginning of the Holiday eating season. If you’re like me, fighting the temptation to splurge daily on Snickers, brownies, kugel, and cupcakes from Halloween to New Year’s Day is difficult.

Don’t Be Scared Of These Halloween Fitness Games

October 29th, 2019

Fitness for Health, a therapeutic, fitness facility for children through senior citizens in the Washington, DC, area, Marc Sickel is happy to recommend a few tips to add some “character” to your family’s workout.

Should Students Be Allowed to Take a “Mental Health Day” From School?

October 24th, 2019

New York Times on September 12, 2019, “On July 1, a law in Oregon went into effect giving students five mental health days in a three-month period. In 2018, Utah changed the definition of a student’s “valid excuse” to miss a day to include an illness “which may be mental or physical.” “ Following the example of Oregon and Utah, under a bill filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2020 session, public school students would be allowed to cite the need for a mental health day as an excuse to miss school.

"Sadfishing"

October 17th, 2019

Is Your Child Scared of Gym Class?

October 3rd, 2019

What's In Your Child's Lunchbox?

September 10th, 2019

Incorporate Movement Into Learning

August 27th, 2019

Managing Back-to-School Anxiety

August 20th, 2019

Physical Fun Can Benefit Your Overweight Child’s Mindframe

August 13th, 2019