So if you read my last entry you know that in grades 3 – 12 they are now being weighed and having their Body Mass Index calculated and sent home. Last year I had asked for the school to not do it anymore that is a job for our pediatrician and not for the school. When I had not heard about it yet this year I figured they were not going to do it this year. That was until my 10 year old came home and said they weighed him at school and he lost 3 pounds. SO first I congratulated him for losing 3 pounds but I asked him why they weighed him. He explained how it was done and it was nothing bad but I did not want him to get done and stop eating again this year.
I immediately thought of my daughter who is now in 3rd grade so this would be the first year for them to do it to her.
Nov. 23, 2011 — Insomniacs wide awake in the wee hours now have a get-back-to-sleep pill — Intermezzo.
The FDA approved the pill on Wednesday. Designed by Transcept Pharmaceuticals for people who wake in the middle of the night, the drug is a fast-acting, low-dose form of zolpidem (best known as Ambien at its higher bedtime dose).
Citing safety concerns, the FDA had twice previously refused to approve Intermezzo. The FDA had one main worry: that people might get up and try to drive before the drug fully wears off.
How giving up meat and dairy improved their performance
Proving that you don’t need to consume animal protein to be a good athlete, some of the super-athletes gave up meat and still kicked the pants off of their competition. Here are 8 of such extreme vegan athletes.
Nov. 23, 2011 — Many American teenagers may be eating fewer fruits and vegetables each day than nationwide guidelines recommend for this age group, a CDC report suggests.
In 2010, about one in four high school students ate fruit less than once a day, and one in three didn’t eat vegetables more than once a day.
Although diets rich in fruits and vegetables can help control weight and are also linked with a lower risk of chronic diseases and some cancers, most teens are falling short of the recommended daily levels.
To find out how much produce teenagers were typically eating, the CDC reviewed data from the 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study.
For this study, students attending both public and private high schools across the country were asked to complete a survey describing the kinds of fruits and vegetables they had eaten in the last week and how often they had them.
The survey of 10,765 high school students showed that teens ate both fruits and vegetables an average of 1.2 times a day.