Kids Health
Kids-health is a site packed with hints and tips to keep you and the family healthy.
April, 2012
Facts About Fruit
You’ve got to admit there are some pretty crazy looking fruits out there. They come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Some are sweet, some are sour, soft, juicy, crunchy, knobbly – whoa! You could write a whole page of adjectives to describe fruits. But there’s one thing they all have in common -they’re all nutritious and provide essential nutrients …
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Nutrition Facts Made Easy
If you’re a busy mum or dad and rely on foods for convenience, rather than cooking from scratch, then this could be the information you need to make the right choices for the family. So many of us are choosing convenience foods, and let’s face it, after a 9 hour shift in the office and then dashing round taking the kids to karate …
Tags: food, healthy food for kids, nutrition
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How To Be Safe Online – Kids’ Guide
When the Kids-Health team were little, the most technological toy was called Atari. It was a games console that would let you play tennis. And if you got bored of playing tennis you could play tennis against a friend by using the exciting two player option. And then, oh what fun, you could play tennis against a wall and bash it down …
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How To Be Safe Online – Parents’ Guide
In the news this week there have been plenty of reports of children looking at explicit adult material online. There have been shocking stories of kids as young as 11 who have been seeking out pornographic images and one 13 year old was viewing material involving the abuse of other children. Police traced his computer and his name is now on the sex offender’s register. …
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Hopscotch
When we were kids one very popular playground game was good old hopscotch. And now that we’re grown up why don’t we give it another go and teach our kids a new game in the bargain? It’s fun, it’s cheap, and most of all its easy, so what are you waiting for, grab the kids, a piece of chalk, and …
Tags: kids' exercise
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How To Climb a Tree in 7 Easy Steps
One of the most exciting things the kids-health oldies did in their childhood was climb trees. One tree in particular was a fabulous place to spy on all the people in the street and hide from the grown-ups! Of course, that trick didn’t work so well in the winter when the tree had lost all it’s leaves! Find a good …
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Child Obesity
There has been much talk about the shocking UK childhood obesity statistics in the media lately. The nation’s children are getting bigger and worryingly this will lead to an unhealthy population of adults in the very near future. The risks to health and the stretching of the National Health Service are quite rightly, giving the medical profession and politicians real cause for concern. Childhood …
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5 things that will make the grown-ups very happy
Are you always getting nagged. Does dad or mum always get on your case saying you’re lazy, or you must try harder at school? Do your teachers keep telling you off for not behaving? Yes? Ooops! Well how about trying out these 5 things and see how it turns your life around. The grown-ups will think you have transformed into …
Tags: kids' education
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Earache in Kids
Earache in Kids What is earache? Earache is reported to be the most common reason for parents to call a doctor out of hours for their child. Most parents have experienced the distress of their little one with earache. It can can be a sharp, dull or burning ear pain that comes and goes or is constant. One or both ears may be …
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Too Much Sugar
Have you have been told that you eat too much sugar? Does a grown-up always have a grumble at you when you put a spoon of sugar on your breakfast, or choose a fizzy pop when you’re in a cafe? Do you grab a biscuit from the biscuit tin straight after school? Yes? Oh dear. Eating too much sugar can …
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