A recent study in the Journal Obesity finds that taking kids out of schools and locking them in their homes had a significant impact on their health. Kids gained weight and adopted/increased numerous bad habits. Here’s what the researchers reported… “Compared to behaviors recorded a year prior, the children ate an additional meal per day; […]
What age should your child start football?
An interesting and frightening paper about youth football. We have seen in prior studies, the longer someone plays football, the greater their risk of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). A recent study looks at another factor, age the the player started playing football. It appears in this relatively small study of 211 autopsied brains with 84 […]
Optimal Diet For Kid’s Health, Mental, and Physical Performance
There’s this current push to eat a heavily plant based or vegan diet and to give up eating any animal derived foods. The underlying theme is that vegan diets are healthier than diets that include animals. There is a good reason to question this idea. Certain key nutrients are missing if we don’t eat any […]
Saffron Works As Well As Methylphenidate (Ritalin) ADHD
A new study finds that the spice saffron may be as effective as methylphenidate (Ritalin) in treating the symptoms of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). This is potentially very important for several reasons… Some kids (about 30%) do not respond to stimulants like methylphenidate. Some kids may experience significant side effects from stimulants these include […]
“She’s just clumsy.” A fascinating story about a little girl.
I had this interesting discussion with a patient that I want to share with you. Talking with her, the topic of her young daughter came up. She told me that her young daughter was ‘just clumsy.‘ We talked for a while and I explained that clumsiness is an indicator of a problem, just like any […]
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