Hear that clicking sound?
It's the wired generation forwarding a new study to their peers and parents that suggests always-online digital kids aren't wasting time and deadening brain cells — they're actually engaged in important work.
By socializing, tinkering with technology and intensely delving into media, teens and children on the Internet "are picking up basic social and technical skills they need to fully participate in contemporary Continue reading »
Restaurant Industry: Fast-Food Ads, Obesity Study Based on Old Information
Thursday, November 20, 2008
ATLANTA — A restaurant industry spokeswoman says a new study linking obesity and fast-food ads is based on old information.
suggesting that banning fast-food ads on TV could reduce the number of obese young children by 18 percent. The number of obese older kids could drop by 14 percent.
The study is based in part on several years Continue reading »
BEIJING,Oct. 6 (Xinhuanet)-- A
new study suggested that reading certain books concerning healthy lifestyle
and weight management guidance can be useful in helping obese kids shed the
extra pounds, according to news reportsMonday.
The research is the first "to show a relationship between
reading and making positive, healthy lifestyle changes," said study author
Alexandra C. Russell, a fourth-year medical student at Duke University School Continue reading »