Raising Strong Girls Together
BY: Ashley Brown. The preteen years from age 8-12 are is a period for physical changes and development. This transition from childhood to adolescence includes body changes, emotional expressions and imbalanced hormones which make the importance of essential nutrients mandatory. Thus, lack of healthy diet can affect a your physically, mentally and emotionally. So as [...]
By: Lynsey Cohen. Thanks to a curious nationwide increase in the number of kids with celiac disease as well as non-celiac gluten sensitivities, finding truly gluten-free pizza is no longer a constant battle. Today, most popular pizza chains in every region of the country offer at least one such option, although the gluten-free movement is [...]
By: Denise Mira. Have you noticed all the journalistic space dedicated to the “dilemma” of getting little Junior to eat his veggies? I can’t quite relate to a crisis of this magnitude, especially pertaining to a forty-pound child. My five boys have always been expected to eat what’s set before them. But in today’s touchy-feely, [...]
By: Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. A blunt new ad campaign in Georgia, “Stop Sugarcoating,” featuring images of miserable-looking overweight children is stirring up a national controversy. While the ad campaign aims to increase awareness of childhood obesity, many parents are concerned it will only cause more stigmatization of overweight kids. While I agree that these ads [...]
If you have a daughter you are concerned with who struggles with obesity, you have more power within your family than any treatment facility known.
“High blood pressure in kids? That’s what my grandmother has!” Not anymore. New research shows that kids are more prone to hypertension than ever before.
By: Mia Redrick. According to a recent poll conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA), the holidays are a source of “multiple stressors.” 69% of respondents cited “lack of time” as a major stressor, 69% cited “lack of money” and 51% blamed extra stress on “the pressure to give or get gifts.” Stress is bad [...]
By: Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. I’m often asked by my patients, many of which are in their tween and teen years, what they should eat when they are at parties, such as bar and bat mitzvahs and sweet 16’s, especially with the seemingly inexhaustible supply of calorie-laden goodies at the cocktail hour and sit down dinners. [...]
By: Judith J. Wurtman, PhD. Dieters face situations that threaten their will power or even their ability to get the foods they are supposed to be eating. Catered business lunches, Sunday dinners at a relative’s home, birthday parties, lack of time to go to the supermarket: These are only a handful of the obstacles that [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. This TV show his BIG – no, make that HUGE! The ABC network launched the critically acclaimed show Huge, a couple of weeks ago that highlights the struggles and triumphs of overweight teens. The show takes place at a weight loss camp and features the fun and peppy Nikki Blonsky (as [...]
