Resources for Healthier Kids (01)
Tips on Proper Backpack Use from the Ontario Chiropractic Association
Backpacks and their daily use go hand-in-hand with back and neck pain. With children and young adults some of the most common users of backpacks, this article on DirectoryM.net provides a number of common-sense, very easy-to-use tips on the use of backpacks and how to avoid back and neck strain. You'll learn how to choose the right backpack, pack it appropriately, and even how to put it on and wear it throughout the course of a day. Readers can also find links to additional articles on proper backpack usage depending on where you live.
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Childhood Obesity: What You Can do to Help Your Kid Manage Weight
With childhood obesity being such a growing problem, this site gives parents tips to create an active environment for their kids, as well as some statistics about obese children. Activity tips include making time for the family to do exercise and other activities together, planning active family trips such as hiking or skiing, starting an active neighborhood program, limit the amount of time kids watch TV, instilling interest in your kids to try a new sport, and assigning active chores to kids such as vacuuming or washing cars.
The Cause of Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance is cause by a lack of lactase that helps break down milk sugars. The production of the enzyme lactase can be hindered by certain digestive diseases and injuries to the small intestine. In some cases, children can be born with the inability to produce lactase. In children, lactase deficiency develops naturally over time when after about the age of 2 years, the body begins to produce less lactase. Also most people do not experience lactose intolerance or milk allergy symptoms until they are older.
Teen Mental Health: Coping with Stress and Friends
Teen health also involves coping with issues, and this site gives advice on how to cope and how to help other teens deal with stress and even thoughts of suicide. It explains there are three ways of reacting to problems: getting angry, withdrawing and taking charge. It gives teens good ways to react to stress and problems, such as talking to someone they trust, listening to music and relaxing, working out, do something they find pleasurable, and giving themselves time to think about the issue and think about how they want to react.
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