Children who suffer from a catastrophic illness has become a growing concern. To help parents, we added a list of articles, blogs, and podcasts concerning the common health dangers facing children today that you can read or listen to below.
Perhaps the most pressing of children’s health issues today is childhood obesity. Children who suffer from a catastrophic illness have become a growing concern, and much of it may be attributed to the childhood obesity statistics:
- 22 percent of preschoolers are overweight
- 15 percent of teens
- Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 35 years
- 40 percent of obese children remain obese into adulthood
From the food industry to the advertising sector, there have been constructive initiatives to deal with the obesity problem, including playground equipment for parks and shopping malls that encourage children to exercise. However, these efforts alone are not going to do the trick. A fundamental lifestyle change is necessary.
In addition to the childhood obesity epidemic, statistics show that each year in the U.S. there are approximately 12,400 children between the ages of one and 19 years of age who are diagnosed with cancer. About one in 300 boys and one in 333 girls will develop cancer before their 20th birthday. Parents can help protect their children and reduce their children’s risk of getting cancer through natural health remedies, some that are outlined in the articles below.
To help parents, we added a list of articles, blogs, and podcasts concerning the common children’s health issues today that you can read or listen to below. We also discuss other children’s health issues such as vaccination, diet, obesity, and mental health.
Vaccination issues & children’s natural immune system boosters:
- Vaccination, Immunization and Children – Newsletter
- Expose Babies to Pets to Avoid Allergies – Blog
- Measles Making a Comeback – Blog
- Gardasil Vaccine for Boys – Podcast
- Peanut Allergy Cure Tested on Kids – Blog
- Flu Shot Mania – Blog
- Flu Shots and Children – Blog
- Infants Need More Vitamin D – Blog
- Removing Heavy Metals From Children – Blog
- Spray Cleaner Health Hazards – Blog
- Carcinogens in Baby Products – Podcast
- Baby Product Alert – Blog
- Crib Dangers – Blog
- Cockroaches Cause Asthma in Kids – Blog
- New Treatment Helps Autistic Kids – Blog
Proper diet for children:
- McDonald’s Happy Meals to Go Healthy? – Blog
- Teens Aren’t Eating Their Fruits and Vegetables – Blog
- Let Them Eat Fries: School Lunch Reform Squashed – Blog
- Kids, Dairy and Bones – Blog
- Are Children Drinking Enough Water? – Blog
- Breakfast Cereal Sugar Shocker – Blog
- Diabetes Explodes – Newsletter
- Children’s Eating Habits, A Question of Will – Blog
- Children Inherit the Taste for Junk Food – Blog
- Grandparents Making Kids Chubby – Blog
- How Healthy is Fruit Juice? – Blog
- More Kids Getting Kidney Stones – Blog
- Blaming Ronald McDonald – Blog
- Sale of Sugar Sodas in Schools – Podcast
- Puberty Keeps Getting Earlier – Blog
Childhood obesity:
- Baby Fat is Not Harmless – Blog
- Obese Kids Taken From Parents – Blog
- Selling Bad Diets to Kids – Blog
- Parents of Chubby Kids in Denial – Blog
- Criminal Responsibility for Fat Kids – Podcast
- Grandparents, Childhood Obesity and Natural Weight Control – Podcast
- Childhood Abuse Lead to Obesity? – Podcast
Children’s heart health:
- Baby Stroke – Blog
- Strokes on the Rise in the Young – Blog
- Heart Disease in Children – Blog
- BMI and Blood Pressure in Kids – Blog
- TV and Hypertension in Kids – Blog
- Kids, Cholesterol and Drugs – Blog
- Hypertension in Kids – Podcast
Children’s mental health:
- Bipolar in Diapers – Blog
- Soccer May Not Be So Safe – Blog
- TV is (Still) Bad for Tots – Blog
- Born Happy – Blog
- Preschoolers and TV – Blog
- Bipolar in Children Through The Roof – Blog
- Immaturity Mistaken For ADHD – Blog
- Pesticides Increase Incidence of ADHD – Blog
- Sibling Ranking and IQ Factors – Podcast
- More Kids Taking Antipsychotic Drugs – Blog
- Video Games as a Vision Tool? – Blog
- Facebook’s Effects on Self Esteem – Blog
- Kids Plugged in Non-stop – Blog
- TV is Not a Toddler’s Best Friend – Blog
- Short Kids Equal to Peers – Blog
- Birth Order Studies – Blog
- Spanking Lowers IQ – Blog
- Chewing Gum, Facebook and Academic Performance – Blog
- Teens Increasingly Unstable – Blog
- Teenagers, Depression, and Music – Blog
- Teens and Alcohol Don’t Mix – Blog
- Self Control Breeds Success – Blog
- Video Gaming for Mental Health? – Podcast
Other related children’s health issues:
- The Danger of Swimming in Chlorinated Pools – Blog
- Hearing Loss Epidemic – Blog
- Tired Teens Don’t Make the Best Choices – Blog
- Consumers in Diapers – Blog
- Toxic Chemicals in Car Seats – Blog
- Surgery Before Birth – Blog
- Parents as Poor Role Models – Blog