Do not miss these free Back to School webinars sponsored by Action for Healthy Kids alliance.
Sept 18, 2013, 2:00 pm ET; 1:00 pm CT; 12:00 noon MT; 11:00 am PT (60 minutes)
Making the Case for School Wellness | AFHK Parent Leadership Series
...
With back to school time, I thought this infographic was pretty interesting.
Parent's #1 Concern was:
Teachers/Education 34%
Grades 23%
Bullying 135
The 3 Topics Kids Talked to their parents abou...
Good nutrition is not only an integral part of your family’s wellness plan; it can also increase your fertility. Researchers at the University of Pavla, in Pavla, Italy showed a link between proper nutrition and levels of leptin, a hormone whi...
Providing a healthy meal for your child is only part of ensuring his or her success against obesity. Did you know that many people miscalculate portion sizes on a regular basis? This can attribute to some of the cause in our overweight society...
Back to School Pledge For Kids
Kids drink too many sugary drinks for lunch and as an afterschool snack.
This school year make the pledge to help kids substitute one sugary drink for water.
Pledge to promote water to ...
A new report released by the CDC states that childhood obesity in preschoolers has declined in several states*.
Obesity rates decreased slightly in 19 of 43 states and territories.
Obesity rates increased slightly in 3 of 43 st...
Summer is here for a few more weeks and then kids are back to school. But did summer take a little toll on your child's learning?
There is a great deal of focus on the importance of keeping kids mentally and cognitively engaged during summer so...
With summer here and kids eating more snacks, it is so important to maintain good dental health. We talk a lot about healthy snacks but healthy teeth are a combination of healthy eating and healthy dental habits. Unfortunately, the Centers for Dis...
Six years ago, my son was diagnosed with autism, and for my family, the initial experience of his diagnosis through us all off balance. As parents, my husband and I were consumed with grief and shock that our young son who seemed to be developing so...
Sugar is found in a myriad of different kids health foods – sometimes without us even suspecting it is there.
Alarmingly, sugar isn’t just in the obvious, like lollies and soft drinks, it is often a key ingredient in fruit juice, fla...