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My lungs screamed and my legs burned. Yet, I had the biggest smile on my face. I just completed my first triathlon — a 0.5-mile swim, 11-mile bike and 3-mile run amid the rolling hills of Napa County, Calif. My husband and daughter greeted me at the finish line with a big embrace. Once the hug fest was over, my daughter Bella looked at me with her big brown eyes…
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Back to School feels a lot like January – a fresh start, a chance to rethink your ways, the motivation to improve. Total tabula rasa. Neither you nor your kids have goofed anything up yet…. ahh, doesn’t it feel good? Use this renewed positive spirit to form new healthy habits for the school year that lies ahead, still untainted; or to reinstate some bygone good habits you had neglected towards…
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We are gladly sharing this guest post with you today, written by Emily Patterson on behalf of Primrose Schools. Enjoy!
As a parent, we often find ourselves spending a lot of time in the kitchen. Although we might not realize it, our children might find this a desirable place to be as well. The delicious smells, loud noises and commotion coming from your kitchen make it a fascinating – yet dangerous…
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Family dynamics have a huge impact on a child’s weight. Things like whether you are having family meals together, whether you make physical activity a family priority and where you choose to eat out together very much play a role in shaping your child’s health and forming habits for life.
More often than not, it’s obese parents who
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“There is something about a shared meal — not some holiday blowout, not once in a while but regularly, reliably – that anchors a family even on nights when the food is fast and the talk cheap and everyone has someplace else they’d rather be. And on those evenings when the mood is right and the family lingers, caught up in an idea or an argument explored in a shared safe place
Milk is one of nature’s most perfect foods. Why are so many children not getting their full-day milk supply? Some kids might not like the taste of plain cow’s milk, and their parents worry about providing enough calcium. “Is chocolate milk better than no milk?” you might wonder? Or, “Is my child getting enough dairy from eating only yogurt and cheese?”
Few drinks are as high in healthy nutrients as…
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This is the second article in our 10-part series that drills down on each individual point in 10 Ways to Make Your Kid Fat. Stay tuned for more.
The upward trend of superabundant portion sizes in restaurants and fast food chains is making its way into our homes and onto our plates. Decade by decade, we’ve been losing sight of what once used to be sensible portion sizes.…
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When a child eats to “feed” a feeling (sadness, happiness, worry, frustration, boredom, etc.) instead of to relieve hunger, they are in the midst of “emotional eating.” It is natural for eating and emotions to become connected to a certain degree, but if emotions prompt a child to make poor food choices, or eat too much or too little, long-lasting problems can ensue.
Teach kids how to talk about feeling…
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As we are all trying to be healthier, let’s take a moment to breathe and be aware of all that is around us. In today’s world with all of our societal pressures and fast paced living, much of our eating happens automatically. We often don’t notice how much food is on our plate or how much we have just eaten. Instead much of what we eat is driven by external…
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…or how NOT to create a monster.
At a friend’s house the other day, my 5 year old pointed over to the family’s breakfast table, her eyebrows raised high up into her forehead. “Mama, look!” she gasped, pointing at a half-eaten bowl of kids’ cereals. It was the kind Michael Pollan ruled against. You know, the cereal that changes the color of the milk. Hoping no one had heard…
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