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Kids prefer veggies with cool names

In a new study, 186 four-year-olds were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they were given the same vegetables renamed X-ray Vision Carrots. On the latter days, they ate nearly twice as many. The study suggests the influence [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Excess Of Sugary Drinks May Put Kids at Risk

According to a U.S. study, drinking lots of soda, fruit juices and other sugary drinks may put kids’ health at risk, leading to teen obesity and poor health as young as age 13. what you eat does have an impact on your health, and you [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Toy Fair Has Something for Everybody -- Even Kids

Thousands upon thousands of toys ... and not a child in sight. Welcome to the New York Toy Fair, the destination for adults who have decided what children will want under their Christmas trees next winter, whether the kids like it or not. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Study finds one-third of US kids take vitamins

About a third of U.S. children and teens take vitamins, even though most of those taking the pills are healthy, active kids who probably don't need them, a new study suggests.Youngsters who could benefit the most from vitamins — kids [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Free dental care for kids Feb. 6-7

One in four Minnesota children have not seen a dentist during the past year. And the number jumps to nearly half of black and Hispanic kids. In an effort to change that statistic, 500 Minnesota dentists and hygienists are teaming up to trea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

With no job and 5 kids, 'better to end our lives,' man wrote

It was described as one of the most grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered: the bodies of five young children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home. The reaction on their faces [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2009 | Comments : 1

Ontario Bans Smoking in Cars to Protect Kids Health

To protect children and youth from second-hand smoke, Ontario implemented a law on Wednesday that prohibits smoking in vehicles while carrying anyone under 16. January 21, the day the law took effect, coincided with Weedless Wednesday, a f [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Sick Kids to get more medics in 32m specialist care boost

EXTRA consultants are to be taken on at Edinburgh's Sick Children's Hospital as part of a £32 million blueprint for specialist NHS care for children across Scotland.The new investment, announced by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon tod [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

'Wimpy Kid Last Straw' opens another 'gateway' to reading

PLAINVILLE, Mass. Greg Heffley, aka "The Wimpy Kid," is a wisecracking, self-centered middle-schooler whose life is filled with suburban misadventures.He has an oversized head, a prominent nose and three strands of hair. N [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Parents of kids in China milk scandal released

Five parents whose children were sickened by tainted milk have been released by Chinese police after being detained for a day in an apparent move to prevent them from meeting with journalists, a lawyer said Saturday. The parents were unhap [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Obesity not being properly diagnosed in kids

Despite a rise in media campaigns spreading awareness about weight problems among kids, doctors are not properly diagnosing obesity in children, according to a study.Researchers at The Metro Health System and Case Western Reserve University [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Program helps seniors, kids

Mary Anne Milledge retired from Owens-Corning after more than 34 years, but she wasn't ready to retire.For the past four years, she has served as a foster grandmother at the Pinecrest Center and now at the Freedman Center. "I'm being [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

The big issues facing our kids

How well do you know your children? How often do you try to talk to the teenager in your house about some of the big issues - drugs, body image, suicide - and receive a roll of the eyes and a quick brush-off?Mission Australia began conducti [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

New Year's Resolutions for the Kids

New Year resolutions are one of our more popular customs. Many people enjoy taking stock of the previous year to develop resolutions (improvements) for the year to come. Many times we do not include our children in this venture, although ch [...]