Health role model plea to parents
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Parents in Scotland are urged to live healthier lifestyles in a bid to address childhood obesity.
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Having a nutrition coach  actively coach families on how to make healthy changes in their  diet appears to help parents and their children improve their  nutritional intake, researchers found.
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Parenting experts are to help families in areas beset by anti-social behaviour under a new government scheme.
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Parents can protect their  children from harmful ultraviolet radiation by encouraging them  to stay inside during midday, without increasing their odds of  becoming overweight from reduced activity, a new study from  Australia suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Giving parents the skills to cope effectively with their young children's weight problems can make it easier for these kids to slim down, a study from Australia shows.
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Developing countries, especially in Asia, must promote healthy lifestyles from childhood to halt rising obesity and heart disease rates, medical experts said on Thursday.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are are taking it too far.
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NEW YORK  - Parents' lifestyle choices may  help determine their children's blood pressure, even before  their kids are born, a new study suggests.
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America&#39;s children are fat and getting fatter, and parents, schools, the government, advertisers and the food industry all need to make changes to battle the problem, a panel of experts said on Thursday.
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By Paul Davis; Journal Staff Writer  If your child has an eating disorder, where do you go for help?   In the past, South County parents grappling with behavioral issues had to poke through the Yellow Pages, call doctors for references or rely on friends for names.
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DEAR ABBY: I know you care about individuals taking steps each day to improve the quality of their lives. Please help me spread the word about improving the health of millions of Americans.
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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Controlling a childÂs genetic makeup, even to preserve what some would consider a disease, is the latest tactic some of parents.
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Parents want radical action to stop drugs and weapons getting into schools, a survey suggests.
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ast week, a federal advisory panel urged regulators to warn parents that antidepressant drugs not only increase the risk of suicide in some children, but that most have a poor track record in curing their disease.
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The public is being asked to help the government come up with a 10-year plan to improve children's lives.
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There are some handy checklists for parents to identify their child's potential.