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Health/Fitness Archives

A Lesson for Life - Talking with kids about HIV/AIDS.

• Allison's Secret - Living with dyslexia.

• Am I Depressed? - Understanding the warning signs and knowing when to get help.

• An Expression Of Individuality  - A parent's primer on piercings and tattoos.

Bedtime Stories: Six common myths about adolescents and sleep.

Brace Face - Why wearing othodontia isn’t that scary.

• Braces Yourself - The changing face of braces allows tweens to make a statement with their smiles!

Buckle Your Safety Belts - Seven ways to make the road ahead safe for your teen driver.


Camp Gourmet - How dining halls handle nutritional needs.

• Could Your Classroom Make You Sick?
- What students need to know about school sanitation.

• Crash and Burn
- Falling prey to a diagnosis of diabetes, ill fortune and depression.

Dance— A Path to Self-Esteem - Exercise with a purpose for tweens and teens.

Danger: Teens and tanning

Diagnosed Not Disciplined - A look at the trend toward medicating childhood mental illness.

EMERGENCY! - What to do in risky situations.

Feeding Frenzy - Why are our kids fat?

Fitness Forward - Keeping our children active by finding the right niche.

Food For Thought - Nutrition help for diabetics.

Food Glorious Food
- Healthy eating habits when outside your home and on the go.

Frolicking in Fun - Have Tweens Forgotten How to Play?

• Get Active - On the brink of a national epidemic, parents are urged to encourage their tweens to get up and move.

Get ‘Em Up Off the Couch - Ten ways exercise can rescue children from a lifetime of fighting weight problems.

Healthy is a State of Mind -
Understanding therapy

Help is on the Way - How you can support someone with bipolar disorder.

In a Depressed State - Is your child down in the dumps?

Is there a Doctor in the House? - Many adolescents avoid pediatricians like the plague—make sure your children get the medical attention they need.

Let’s Get Physical - Look and feel your best by boosting your fitness IQ.

Living in a Loud, Loud World - Preventing hearing loss starts when your young.

• Lunch Beyond the Pail
- How to pack a great school lunch.

Just a Little Different - Student life when faced with a chronic illness.

Mom...Why Hasn't it Happened to Me Yet?
- Understanding an important time in your life.

Natural Help for ADHD - Getting to the root of behavioral problems, medication-free.

Nature's Bounty - Fitness, nutrition and environmental tips inspired by the great outdoors.

Now & Later
- Planning for adolescents with special needs.

Nutritionally Balanced - Do you know what your tweens are eating?

• Opening Up About Obesity-
Tweens and teens share their struggles with weight issues.

Out of Harm’s Way - Understanding and preventing suicidal impulses.

Pertussis Ain’t Just for Infants - Educating parents of adolescents about whopping cough.

• Putting Obesity in its Place - Two personal trainers share their take on the importance of physical fitness and proper nutrition.

Reconstructing A Teenager’s Life - Physically and Emotionally Questions to ask when considering cosmetic surgery.

• Run, Jump and... Eat Vegetables!
- Healthy lifestyles learned at camp.

• September Brings Child Injury Prevention Week
- Learn how to avoid and treat tween and teen sports injuries.

Sitting (Not So) Pretty - Sedentary lifestyles and poor food choices lead to childhood obesity— and often disease.

Sporting a Star - How to foster your child’s passion and love for the game.

Surviving Meningococcal Meningitis - What you need to know.

The Time is Now - Helping our youth lead a healthier lifestyle.

Special Occasions Solved
- A Q&A on essential party etiquette.

• Tummy Troubles? - Food allergies and other digestive disorders are on the rise among tweens and teens.

Tweens and Puberty - Nurturing children during their physical development.

Tweens & Tanning - How harmful is your child's desire to look tan all year-round?


Understanding Asthma - What you need to know to curb your child’s attacks.


What’s Behind Your Smile? How teeth can reveal risky behavior.

• What's Cooking - Expanding the palate of finicky eaters.

What’s To Lose? - Nurturing healthy living in older, overweight children.

• When Puberty Chimes In - Common health problems affecting your tween.

• When Seizures Strike - Kids with epilepsy find hope with new treatment.

• Where There's Smoke - Is smoking cigarettes worth the risks?

Young Children and Pain - What you can do to increase your child’s comfort during medical procedures.
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