Below is a summary of a recent research study on children’s snacking habits, carried out by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and published in Health Affairs. For more details, see this entry in the Health Affairs blog:
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2010/03/03/study-showing-rise-in-snacking-by-children-generates-discussion/
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Snacks accounted for more than 27% of children’s daily caloric intake in 2006—an increase of 168 snack calories [...]
Head lice can spread quickly among children at school. So parents, please check your children daily!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has a lot of detailed information on lice in both English and Spanish: http://www.cdc.gov/lice/head/index.html
Harsh pesticide products, such as Rid and Nix, are the only official recommended methods for killing lice. However, [...]
When winter break begins, students may find they suddenly have a lot of free time on their hands! It might be a good opportunity to try some fun web sites. But there is so much out there, it may be hard to know where to start. The ones listed here have been suggested by a [...]
The Fall 2008 newsletter Watts Happenings was sent home in student folders right before Thanksgiving.
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Internet Safety / Seguridad del Internet
by Elizabeth Parish
My kindergartner has discovered the Internet. It started out innocent enough, as he was allowed to play in the [...]
