As Family Meals Month is celebrated in August, take the time to think of the last time your whole family was together at the dinner table.  It can be tough with sports, tutors, and crazy work schedules to round up the troops for a meal.  However, taking the time to eat with your family will…

Today’s youth is more sedentary due to high-tech video games, “i-Products” and computers.  Research has shown childhood obesity rates are progressing rapidly.  In an effort to get kids moving again, Healthy Kids Day was created.  On April 27th, YMCAs across the nation are encouraging kids to get up, get out, and go play. So, how…

A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal and area hospital shows that children have an increased risk of becoming overweight and obese when in daycare or watched by a nanny as compared to those looked after at home by their parents.  This study followed children in Quebec ages 1 ½ to…

Monday was Child Health Day, observed nationally in the U.S. I wasn’t able to post on Monday, but I didn’t want to let the day go unnoticed. Child Health Day promotes the education of nutrition and exercise to children as well as providing educational tools for their parents. Teaching health promotion and wellness at an…