A new study by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) says yes you can, even in preadolescents. The results are valuable to parents because they not only support the theory that good habits can be taught at this age, but they also give us indicators of which food groups are most helpful in lowering cholesterol and overall body mass index (BMI). For instance, you may be surprised to learn that girls and boys who consumed more dairy products were likely to have a lower BMI. Also, children and their parents participated in a nutrition program with a behavior component, suggesting that good eating habits are truly a family affair.
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Can You Teach Kids To Eat Healthier? Sat Jun 4, 2005 10:30 pm
School Safety Problems--Not Just For Urbanites Anymore Mon May 30, 2005 10:26 pm
This report takes a fascinating look at school safety issues in urban and suburban schools and presents findings from over 2,000 educators and law enforcement professionals. This is a problem that we must look at closely since 2.7 million crimes are committed at schools each year. The researchers provide information on quite a range of causal factors including parenting skills, the self esteem movement in educational philosophy, dress codes and body piercing. There is also discussion of issues that may be a surprise to some parents such as hazing (in high school, who knew?) favoritism toward school employee/board members and girl aggression.
More Evidence of Behavior/Food Link Mon May 30, 2005 5:23 pm
Most parents of young children try to feed their kids healthy foods for many reasons, including the avoidance of mood swings that can be caused by candy and junk food. But it probably never occurred to us that this might work for adolescents as well. This story of a high school’s transformation is really quite amazing, and by simply changing the students’ diets, they successfully addressed problems like truancy, drop-outs and weapons violations.
I Know What You Had For Lunch Today Mon May 30, 2005 3:42 pm
VeganBob brings us this story appearing on Yahoo! about a new use of technology to monitor what your kids are eating for lunch at school.
As parents see more reports of increasing childhood obesity in the news, many may become tempted to find ways to monitor their child’s diet. Three school districts in Atlanta have implemented a system to let parents do just that.
