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YoMedics, a company committed to children’s health through wellness and prevention, is looking for Mom’s who are willing to pilot Kids Journey to YoPower for Life, a healthy lifestyle program for ages 7-11 years. Children less than 7 years and older than 11 years will also benefit. This 12– week program consists of educational guides that teach your child the medical benefits of health, the risk of disease, proper nutrition, exercise and the power of positive thinking. Your child will learn with… Continue

Studies conducted by the Obesity Research Foundation found that obese children miss more school days than non-obese children. This may be due to inability to walk to school, more ill days due to diabetes, metabolic syndrome or other associated illnesses. Children may also miss due to psychological issues due to rejection or bullying by their peers.
Our children do not have to go through these mental and physical hurdles. We can prevent childhood obesity. YoMedics is here to help. If you know of… Continue

Many products are coming out with organic or natural products. The terminology can be very confusing for some parents who are striving to feed their child a healthy diet.
Basic definitions:

What is organic?
Implies that are product or animal was never treated with pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or hormones. Animals must have access to exercise and sunlight rather than be in feedlots all day. Plants can not contain seedlings that are genetically modified or irradiated.

What is natural?
Thi… Continue

Did you know that the American Acadmey of Pediatrics does not advise your child watching any TV before the age of 2 years? Past the age of 2 years the recommendation is less than 2 hours of screen time per day. Screen time includes TV, computer, Nintendo, etc. Most children watch an average of 4-5 hours per day.
TV time allows for more sedentary time, fosters more snacking and is associated with childhood obesity. Studies are also showing that children who have their face stuck in a TV, computer… Continue

There was a great article in one of my pediatric newspapers last week. Americans spent around $34 billion dollars on alternative medicine in 2007. I think this is great as I think much of our society, including physicians, are too much into the give me a quick medication and be done with it. I use a lot of alternative therapies in my pediatric practice.
The point that I always like to make about this is that it frustrates me that parents many times talk about how they do not want a medication or… Continue