How Can I Help My Child Avoid Sports Injury?
Every parent wants to protect his or her child from getting hurt. And although you can’t protect your child from ever being injured—this is true whether or not he or she...
Physical Activity Guidelines Update: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among America’s Youth
The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition’s recent update of its guidelines on physical activity included a greater emphasis on increasing physical activity...
Ask the Pediatrician: Does Breastfeeding Lower My Child’s Risk of Becoming Obese?
There are lots of great reasons for women to try to breastfeed their babies for at least the recommended year, but is a lower risk of childhood obesity one of them? Dr....