by Amy LeForge | Jun 11, 2014 | Health
Do your preschool children take multivitamins? It may not be necessary. For many children who are healthy and growing normally, the best source of nutrients is food, and they can get all of the vitamins and minerals that they need from their normal meals and snacks....
by Amy LeForge | Apr 4, 2014 | Cooking
Healthy eating is necessary to sustain human life. As adults, we know this, and we try to teach this to our kids. But kids, as we all know, are drawn to unhealthy foods–they’re just more honest about the temptation than adults often are. Some kids may be...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 6, 2014 | Health
In a media-saturated environment where fast food advertising reigns, raising healthy kids has parents searching for tools that will keep them from being distracted by unhealthy habits. According to the International Journal of Preventive Medicine, obesity is now...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 4, 2013 | Parenting
Meet 555lb, 14 year old, Alexander Draper. His mother, Jerri Gray, was charged with criminal neglect for letting him gain too much weight. Alexander was soon placed in foster care and stripped away from his mother, as she faced her looming trial (2 felonies, 15 years,...
by Amy LeForge | May 9, 2013 | Health
Mommy, can you please come play with me? Dad, can you pick me up at 10:00 tonight after the football game? Mommy, why is your tummy squishy? With all that goes on in busy parenting, it seems like only the health gurus in our lives make time to really consider the...