ADHD, also known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a condition that currently affects between 5 and 10% of children worldwide. At this time researchers don’t have a clear answer as to a cause for this disorder but they do understand a portion of how the condition both affects the person and what happens inside […]
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When a child or adult is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder, they will need to learn to adapt their lives and circumstances to be able to deal with this condition on a daily basis. Many will suffer from poor organizational skills, periods of hyperactivity as well as problems concentrating on tasks. In order to deal
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Is stress affecting your weight loss battle? Stress brought on by dieting is added to the personal and work life stresses that we face every day, often resulting in a \”vicious cycle\” of increased stress and increased food intake. People under stress tend to engage in self-defeating and unhealthy behaviors such as binge eating and
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The number of senior citizens in the United States continues to grow each year. In the early 1900s approximately 4 percent of the population was over the age of 65. Currently, the figure hovers around 12 percent of the population and, if projections are correct, those over 65 will comprise approximately 20 percent of the
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Quite often, when our children return from afternoon play, they look exhausted, and ready for a nap. That is the most accurate description, and quite the truth. Play is hard work. It is exhausting to the mind and body of the young person, and plays an extremely important role in helping them to become productive,
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Life-insurance is a means of paying for burial expenses and a lifetime of debt after an individual has died. Oftentimes life-insurance is originally purchased when an individual reaches the age of 30 or 40 and has amassed a bit of personal wealth as well as a spouse and a couple of children. The life-insurance is
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If you have a child of 6 to 8 years old that wants to start exercising and lifting weights, you may find yourself wondering what you should do. While some think it is perfectly fine for children to exercise, there are others that think differently. The long and short of it is that yes, it
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ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a condition that affects both children and adults. More often it is diagnosed in childhood but if the symptoms are more mild it may be overlooked until the child reaches adulthood. The symptoms, mild, moderate or severe, can have many different effects on the social development of the child.
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Try these 7 tips to foster optimism and resilience in your overweight child: 1) Believe in your Children. Assure your children that you are on their side and that you expect then to be the best person that they can be, although you don’t expect them to be the best at anything. No one is
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It is estimated that 5-25 percent of children and teenagers in America today are suffering from obesity. Obesity among children is on the rise. More and more children and teenagers are becoming obese. While it is well known that obese infants do not always remain obese into childhood and not all obese children remain obese
