Developing Healthy Eating Habits Amongst Kids

It is quite natural for any child to dislike new kind of food right away. It may take 10 or more tries getting a child to accept a new food. It is essential for parents to behave patiently if you want your child to eat right and healthy. For overall growth and development, parents should offer kids foods from each of the food group. Read the rest of this entry »

The Obesogenic Environment

“Obesogenic adj. related to or contributing to obesity”

Our increasingly “obesegenic environment” makes it “easy to eat crap and not exercise,”

“Genetics loads the gun, and the environment pulls the trigger.” AHH! Isn’t it lovely we have a new word to describe our ever expanding girth; this is nothing to celebrate about my friends. Read the rest of this entry »