Sugar, Addiction, & Obesity
Can Killing Your Bathroom Scale be Liberating? In a moment of frenzy, I said this to the bathroom scale. “I hate you. You’re ruining my life! I’m a captive. I’m degraded. Your constant nagging presence on my bathroom floor forced me to kill you. But let me tell you staring down at your lifeless shards […]
Mr. Fat is a friend and not an enemy. Most of us have outdated ideas about fat. This post helps you get up to speed about fatl
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones; […] From Julius Caesar, spoken by Mark Anthony I come to bury calories, not to praise them. We consumers need a better term […]
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Child Obesity, Development
Are you what your ancestors ate? The idea that the eating habits of our parents and even grandparents could determine our diet, food choices, body metabolism and a variety of other important characteristics is not new. Scholars have been kicking the idea around for centuries. The idea has gotten new life in the last twenty […]
Photograph of a pregnant woman’s belly topped by two blue baby shoes. The mother is expecting a son.
Words to Describe Early Child Development Antenatal: The developmental period of the unborn child between conception and birth. Synonym is antepartum which probably refers more to the mother’s condition before birth, as contrasted to postpartum referring to afterbirth.Prenatal: The period before birth during pregnancy. Basically, a synonym of antenatal. Neonatal: The newborn, usually the first […]
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COVID-19
Did your mother tell you to wash your ears? We’ll bet she did. Did she tell you to wash your nose? We’ll bet she didn’t! Moms and dads around the world, add this chore to your list. Teach your children to wash their noses. They’ll be healthy, and so will you. Washing your nose with […]
Picture of an adult male proboscis monkey seated on a table. The monkey is born with a small nose which lengthens during puberty
Picture of woman holding a face mask in front of her mouth and nose against a field of coronaviruses. She’s trying to decide if she should wear a face mask
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