Tag: kids

  • Michelle Obama Talks to AOL Health About ‘Let’s Move’ Website – AOL Health

    Do you have a question for Michelle Obama? You can ask her on Tuesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. Eastern time during her first-ever live web chat right here on AOL Health. Mrs. Obama will be discussing the newly enhanced Let’s Move! website and answering your questions live! Mrs. Obama has taken on the ambitious…

  • Smoking around kids exacts a high toll

    Smoking around kids exacts a high toll: studies Smoking today stands out like a big elephant in the middle of a room. I don’t even know anyone in my personal circle that smokes – which is a far cry from my social circle when I was in my 20s. Times sure have changed.  Smoking is…

  • Notable News about Kids

    Top 10 Brain Foods for Children. Want your child to do better in school? Take a close look at diet. Certain “brain foods” may help boost a child”s brain growth — plus improve brain function, memory, and concentration. In fact, the brain is a very hungry organ — the first of the body's organs to…

  • List of Free Summer Movie Fun

    DullesMoms.com List of Summer Movie Fun. Free Family Film Festival We have planned a fun-filled summer of select movies for kids and parents. Regal has proudly offered this free summer fun since 1991. Oh, did we mention that it’s FREE! Selected G or PG movies start at 10:00am every Tuesday and Wednesday during the festival.…

  • Today is a great day

    Today is one of those days that you sit down and shake your head because you can not believe how fast time has flown. My little baby – Baby Nate – is finishing kindergarten. He will be leaving the haven of the AOL Childcare Center private Kindergarten and in the fall will head to public…

  • Michelle Obama: Why I’m Fighting Childhood Obesity

    Not much going on today. I took a rest day from working out but did mow the lawn just to get some exercise in.  Here’s a good article written by First Lady Michelle Obama about childhood obesity and why she is tackling this issue… Michelle Obama: Why I’m Fighting Childhood Obesity – Newsweek. For years,…

  • Join the Fit Generation

    Join the School Years Fit Generation: Fight the Obesity Crisis What parents can do to improve their family’s health and fitness, and fight the nation’s childhood obesity crisis We’re starting a new revolution, and we want you and your kids to be part of it! Childhood obesity is sweeping our nation, and it’s time to…

  • Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches

    Topics Education Three Sticks: Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches. It makes a lot of sense–processed food is cheap so those lower income families eat more of it  — and summer time it can be worse because families can’t rely on the schools to handle some of the daily meals. It’s a vicious cycle…

  • Notable News

    Study Finds Certain Drugs Can Keep Some Forms of Cancer in Remission Longer – NYTimes.com. Using certain anticancer drugs for years at a time can help keep some types of cancer in remission longer, doctors reported Thursday. In another finding, researchers said they had made progress on a long-sought goal — developing a way to…

  • Notable News

    Still a bit under the weather so my initial idea of getting up and going for a run fell to the wayside. I did want to share some interesting news I have come across the past few days: Vitamin D and colorectal cancer focus of new Arizona study U of AZ is my Alma mater…