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How to Raise Healthy Teens in an Unhealthy World

by Nedalee Ruiz on April 2, 2011 · 2 Comments · in Featured, General Parenting

Teaching your child to make healthy choices now may save them hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime. Often, proper nutrition hasn’t been taught in schools or to our doctors and we think that because everyone is doing something that makes it ok. Yet our bodies will pay the price for what we eat. [...]

Body Image in Teens

by Sarah Maria on March 29, 2011 · 1 Comments · in Featured, General Parenting

If you’re in high school, most of your friends are probably on a diet. A recent study shows that 90% of junior and senior girls are on a diet regularly, even though only 10-15% are actually overweight. The modeling industry also promotes the idea that you need to diet and exercise religiously. Fashion models are [...]