At the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in March of 2012, information was presented from the University of Michigan Systems showing that children understand the effect of healthy behaviors on overall health.
Project Health Schools, which is a community-University of Michigan System project, measured risk factors for heart disease in middle school children. Measured risk factors included lipid profiles and physical activity before and after receiving education on healthy...
Obese kids as young as 10 have the arterial changes of someone who has lived several decades longer. These and other abnormalities put... Read more »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov) estimates that about seven million children have asthma, and this amounts to about... Read more »
Let’s get to the heart of the matter – what you can do to strengthen your heart? But first, let’s talk about what you can’t... Read more »
School-Aged Child: These children will note that they are very thirsty, going to the bathroom to urinate all the time and having accidents,... Read more »
There are very few people that I know that would deny themselves a medicine or a procedure to avoid a major illness. Some would even add... Read more »
Omega-3 fatty acid is often misnamed an “alternative” or “natural” medication. Penicillin was, of course, derived from a living organism... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
ReferencesBessesen DH. Update on obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93(6):2027-2034.Butryn ML, Phelan S, Hill JO, et al. Consistent... Read more »
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