Girls who regularly ate breakfast, particularly one that includes cereal, were slimmer than those who skipped the morning meal, according to a study that tracked nearly 2,400 girls for 10 years. IntelliHealth Online, September 9, 2005 BALTIMORE (AP) — Girls who ate breakfast of any type had a lower average body mass index, a common obesity gauge, than those who said they didn’t. The index was even lower for girls who said they ate cereal for breakfast, according to findings of the study conducted by the Maryland Medical Research Institute with funding from the National Institutes of Health and cereal-maker General Mills. “Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, […]
Breast feeding is the only natural way of providing food to your baby. It is however, so surprising that most mothers would up for formula feeds. Why is this? Is it because most women do not understand the benefits of breast feeding? Well let me share some benefits with you to try and convince more mothers to actually breast feed their babies. For some mothers breast feeding is not an option either due to health reasons or cosmetic reasons or just by choice. But, whatever your choice is, the option to breast feed for healthy mothers should be paramount and seen as a joy and precious experience as so many […]
Most women do not realize the influence they have on the unborn fetus during pregnancy. We often go away with the notion that a child is trained and developed only by the external influences in the after birth onward. Well that is not true. Women need to be aware that the well-being of the child is affected by the habits she exhibits. Both during and after pregnancy, her appetites and passions are to be controlled by principle. If before the birth of her child a woman is selfish, impatient, self-indulgent and moody, these traits will be reflected in the disposition of the child. Hence some children silently receive as a […]
A mother while shopping in a popular supermarket was presented with a box of cereal by her five year old son. When she refused to allow him to have it, he threw himself on the floor screaming and shouting in a wild temper tantrum. His mother proceeded to repeat his actions throwing herself unto the floor and screamed and shouted at the top of her voice. Her son now standing in a state of shock and horror at the sight of his mother’s performance, didn’t move a muscle. Then without a word the mother pointed him in the direction to return the product and he sped off without hesitation. I […]
Tuesday May 1 11:15 AM ET By Will Boggs, MD BALTIMORE (Reuters Health) – Nearly one quarter of American children younger than age 3 already watch at least 3 hours of television on a typical weekday, according to study findings released here Monday at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends that children younger than age 2 be spared television viewing altogether, and that older children be limited to no more than 1 or 2 hours per day. Since so little was known about TV viewing among very young children, Laura K. Certain and Dr. Robert Kahn from Children’s […]
Getting babies to be active isn’t rocket science: Put a 3-month-old briefly on his tummy and watch him struggle to lift his head. Move an infant’s hands to play patty-cake. Provide crawlers with sturdy furniture to pull on and soon they’ll stand. But too many tots are confined for long periods in strollers, baby seats or playpens when they should be moving around, says the National Association for Sport and Physical Activity. Instead, babies, toddlers and preschoolers need simple but targeted daily activities that are crucial building blocks in learning to walk, run and eventually do all the other tasks the rest of us take for granted, the association says […]
Here’s another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child’s chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 percent. The less sleep they got, the more likely the children were to be obese in sixth grade, no matter what the child’s weight was in third grade, said Dr. Julie Lumeng of the University of Michigan, who led the research. If there was a magic number for the third-graders, it was nine hours, 45 minutes of sleep. Sleeping more than that lowered the risk significantly. […]
Living foods are foods which keep us healthy, free from diseases and provide healing and strength to our bodies. They are rich in anti-oxidants, anti-inflammatory properties, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids. These are the foods we need to consume daily in order to reach and maintain an optimum level of health. Although Organic foods are preferred and healthier to use, if they are not available then use what is available. Do you think it is worth trying them? Almonds: Almonds are especially nourishing to nerve cells. It contains minerals and vitamins particularly Calcium for strong bones and teeth. It is rich in protein and fat and the best nut […]
Those parental pleas for children to go to bed can now be delivered with a little extra heft. Beginning with elementary schools in Duluth, the National Institutes of Health is undertaking a publicity campaign to persuade children to get more sleep. For years, the NIH has targeted specific groups, including drivers, soldiers and astronauts, with the message that they need solid sleep to be healthy and perform well. Now the message is being brought to children ages 7 to 11. “Whatever children do, they will do it better if they are well rested,” said Carl Hunt, director of NIH’s National Center on Sleep Disorders Research. Hunt said research shows that […]
Before and after conception most women would have already decided whether they would choose to breast feed or not. With information and encouragement from health professionals, family members and discussions by the couple a woman plans and prepares for breast feeding during her pregnancy. She is very careful with her diet and would massage and prepare her breast physically for breastfeeding. Again breastfeeding is optional and the decision is left up to the woman once she has no health, nor physical restrictions preventing her from breastfeeding. However, although promotion of breast feeding seem endless still some women choose not to breast feed and that’s their choice which must be respected. […]
There are many reasons why a couple may have difficulty in conceiving a child. Disease, drugs, heredity, lifestyle habits or even exposure to certain toxins can affect fertility. Among the most common culprits of diminished reproductive capacity are: Endometriosis — This condition affects a woman’s pelvic cavity, where tissue fragments from the innermost lining of the uterus (the endometrium) grow and function outside the uterus. They are one of the causes of painful menstruation and infertility. Endometriosis strikes up to 10 million American women and is a major cause of female infertility. These displaced pieces of tissue are not shed vaginally with normal menstrual blood, but instead accumulate inside […]
When we think of natural treatments and therapies we often think that they are unsafe in pregnancy and should be used very cautiously. However, natural herbs and treatments can be safer and more effective than many drugs prescribed during pregnancy. Natural treatments can simply be vitamins, minerals, herbs and teas. Many women are advised to take iron supplements during pregnancy, this however will not be necessary if she is getting sufficient from a well-balanced diet where dark green leafy vegetables and fruits high in Vitamin C are being consumed. Well let me share a little secret with you about a herb called “Red Raspberry”. Herbal teas are really lovely and […]
By Will Boggs, MD BALTIMORE, Apr 30 (Reuters Health) – High school students who watch wrestling on television may also be more likely to drink, chew tobacco, carry a gun and fight with their dates, according to North Carolina researchers who presented their findings Saturday at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Robert DuRant of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem and associates used confidential questionnaires completed by 2,228 high school students to measure the amount of professional wrestling they watched on TV in a 2-week period and compare it with other behaviors, such as alcohol consumption, fighting, illegal drug use […]
TV Linked To Kids’ Attention Problems April 5, 2004 CHICAGO (AP) — Researchers have found that every hour preschoolers watch television each day boosts their chances — by about 10 percent — of developing attention deficit problems later in life. The findings back up previous research showing that television can shorten attention spans and support American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations that youngsters under age 2 not watch television. “The truth is there are lots of reasons for children not to watch television. Other studies have shown it to be associated with obesity and aggressiveness” too, said lead author Dr. Dimitri Christakis, a researcher at Children’s Hospital and […]
The amount of time a woman takes before returning to a full-time job after childbirth may affect her child’s mental development. That’s the finding of a report, published in Child Development magazine, that links early full-time maternal employment to slower intellectual development in kids. The report was based on data collected from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care, which involved 900 white non-Hispanic children in 10 cities over three years. Researchers found that children whose mothers worked 30 hours or more per week by the time the children were 9 months old scored lower on school-readiness tests at age three. These […]
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