For Healthier Kids (02)

Kids and Foods: The Healthy Food Pyramid
Teaching your children about healthy foods is important, and the pyramid helps them see what foods to eat, and how much to eat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture put out this site, which includes fun ways to teach children about the food pyramid. There are games and posters to download, as well as worksheets and coloring pages. Classroom materials are also available so teachers can teach kids about the food pyramid.

Locally Grown Veggies a Healthy Addition to Lunchroom Menu
Children can learn to enjoy healthy foods at home and in the school cafeteria. Find out how an elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin is working to offer better choices for the kids when they sit down in the lunchroom for their noon meal. Working with local farmers, the school is offering children alternatives to the standard baby carrots, Iceberg lettuce and broccoli florets that appear in many school menus.

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.

What Can My Lactose Intolerant Kid Eat?
Make sure that your children and teenagers get the calcium they need, especially if they experience lactose intolerance. There are plenty of nondairy foods that are high in calcium. Green vegetables, such as broccoli and kale, and fish with soft, edible bones, such as salmon and sardines, are excellent sources of calcium. And kids may be able to have yogurt as well, because yogurt with active cultures is a good source of calcium. The bacterial cultures used in making yogurt produce some of the lactase enzyme required for proper digestion, so this is a great calcium option for your kid.

Get Tips for Helping a Teen Girl Develop Self-Confidence
If you want to help your teen daughter feel better about herself, check out the suggestions offered on this informative web page. They are easy to incorporate without having to get into a heavy-duty discussion about self-esteem issues. Find out how to talk to her about being a good friend, what is going on with her body, and how to help your daughter develop a positive body image.

Managing Your Child’s Anger
A happy child is a healthy child, so if your child is angry, you need to help them deal with it. This site discusses the three components of anger, which includes the emotional state of anger, the expression of anger and understanding anger. This article discusses how to understand and manage anger and give teachers and parents tips for guiding children to express their anger through popular psychological models.

Kids and Cow’s Milk Allergies
This is a question and answer website about a child that experiences problems eating cow’s milk. Because milk and cheese are a few of the child’s favorite healthy snacks, the mother asks what to feed her child. The doctor says to cut cow’s milk out nad see if his condition improves. The child can eat hard soya cheese, and he can also take lactase enzyme drops to avoid milk allergy or lactose intolerance. The doctor says the child may have intolerance to the protein in cow’s milk.