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The Family That Eats Together

By Diane Lofshult | March 31, 2006 |

Enjoying dinner as a family is a good way to instill healthy habits in your kids—especially in young girls at risk of developing eating disorders, say the authors of a study conducted recently at the University of Minnesota. Writing in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, the researchers reported that girls who ate regular family meals in “a structured …

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Schools Fail the Test

By Diane Lofshult | March 31, 2006 |

Kids may have a whole new reason to skip school: A new study suggests that schoolwide food practices and policies can actually lead to weight gain in adolescents.
As reported in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (2005; [159], 1111–14), researc…

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Make That Candy Unleaded

By Diane Lofshult | March 31, 2006 |

Citing public pressure, the FDA has lowered the amount of lead allowed in children’s candy to one-fifth of the previous standards established in 1995. Candy manufacturers are now required to reconsider the sources of ingredients in their products and to make necessary changes to packaging and labeling.
The drive to reduce lead content in candy is the result of new evidence …

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Slow-Cooker Beef and Barley Vegetable Soup

By IDEA Authors | March 31, 2006 |

The best part of this superhealthy soup is that you can prepare it the night before and let it cook in a slow cooker while you’re at work the next day. Just brown the beef, assemble all the ingredients (except the potato) and stow them in the crockpot in the fridge overnight.

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What Is Yoga Therapy?

By Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA | March 31, 2006 |

In the traditional Indian system of health care known as Ayurveda, hatha yoga is used as a therapeutic modality. The name Ayurveda combines two Sanskrit words, ayur, meaning “life,” and veda, meaning “science, or knowledge.” Literally translated, Ayurveda means “the science of life.”
In the Ayurvedic system, which is …

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Got Gout?

By IDEA Authors | March 31, 2006 |

Gout is a painful rheumatic arthritic disease that affects at least 1% of the population in Western countries, especially men over age 40, according to the website for the American Journal of Managed Care. Unfortunately, gout is on the rise. Long associated with red meat and a…

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What America Eats

By IDEA Authors | March 31, 2006 |

The results of Parade magazine’s annual survey of Americans’ eating habits are just in, and the prognosis is grim: A whopping 84% of those surveyed this year say they try to eat a well-balanced diet—but mostly fail.
Here are some other positive and negative findings from the 2005 What America Eats® survey:
78%…

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Working With Celebrities

By April Durrett | March 31, 2006 |

Accompanying a famous actor to a red-carpet movie premiere. Jetting around the world to cities in a style you’ve only dreamed of experiencing. Mingling with Fortune 500 executives. These benefits are just some of the reasons that training celebrities can seem like the ultima…

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Yoga for Kids

By Kelly McGonigal, PhD | March 31, 2006 |

Yoga for kids is exploding in popularity and gaining acceptance in schools. An ongoing survey on the state of “youth yoga” finds that kids’ yoga is taught in community centers, yoga studios, private and public schools, and after-school programs throughout the U.S. …

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