These are the posts of a colleague, Greg Barrett, whose blog has been abandoned and which I am concerned will be lost if they are not posted somewhere. I have needed to add back headings and photos, and I have followed the advice of my spell-checker on occasion; but, in all other ways they are his posts as they appeared on his blog. Excepting that in two I have updated them to reflect new research results and recommendations, carefully notating when I’ve done so.
An appropriate philosophy to the use—or non-use—of medicines is something every family need to address.
In this series, we’ve talked about the Obesity epidemic from various viewpoints. First, there was a great new research article describing a “smoking gun” of obesity: fast food. Then there was a great list for teens who’d like to kick obesity. Now a great way of losing weight – if only some of us still had the ability. This method not only fights obesity but works on fitness as well.
The “Obesity Series” contains several instructive and entertaining posts about this highly important topic. Check out the other posts listed in the box below – they will “do a body good.”
This mother has a unique approach to her children’s “star charts” – rewarding good behavior and focusing on “successes.” [http://nicholleandherboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/if-you-didnt-already-know-landon-likes.html]
“Chocolate Bar” means awesome to Dylan Siegel, the boy who wrote CHOCOLATE BAR, the book. At just 6 years old Dylan wrote it to raise money towards a cure for his best friend Jonah Pournazarian’s rare liver condition, Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) Type 1b. His magnanimous act of friendship “went viral” into spots on prime-time […]
