It’s never too early to start teaching your child about healthy lifestyle choices, nor should you wait to help them adopt a positive body image. Research has shown that kindergartners are already making judgments based on weight. Therefore, earlier is better when it comes to teaching your child about health and self-confidence. 5 Tips to […]
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Young Woman Adopts a Healthy Lifestyle
The following is republished from the Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) blog and is a story about a young woman learning to be healthy by exercising and eating right through WakeMed’s Energize! program. Her exciting results and new outlook on life are detailed below. Thank you AHA for allowing us to share this inspirational […]
Doctors Not Discussing Overweight Kids
Recently, UNC Health Care released a study examining whether or not parents of overweight children remember being told by their doctor that their child was overweight. Not surprisingly, only 25 percent of parents remember having this conversation with their doctor. There are many reasons why parents may not remember this conversation with their doctor. 1. […]
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