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Young Children Eat What They See You Eating

Monday, December 1, 2008

The alarming rise in childhood obesity has spawned a lot of research into children’s eating habits and preferences.
In a just published study of 120 children aged 2 to 6 years researchers found a distinct link between parental food preferences and that of the contents of the children’s pretend shopping carts.
This experiment was set up perfectly […]

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Nearly 40% Of Parents Can’t Accurately Pinpoint A Child’s Weight

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Childhood obesity is rising fast in many countries, and the results from a new study may point to one of the reasons.
Data from an Australian study found that just over 40% of parents of both underweight and overweight children didn’t see a problem with their child’s weight.
The trend is startling, and makes it easy to […]

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Fans Reduce SIDS Risk By 72 Percent

Monday, October 27, 2008

SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is one of the most horrible and heartbreaking losses a family can endure. 
  
Striking an otherwise healthy baby of between 1 month and one year old, SIDS is the diagnosis given when a child of this age dies suddenly and an exact cause can’t be found even after a full medical […]

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