I used to be an office-based working mom. Currently I am a work at home mom (wahm), which unfortunately, many people don’t take seriously as work. But I am a working mom and my kids are at a childcare facility while I am typing this on my home computer.
It is with trepidation that I present [...]
Tags: exercise, healthy, healthy eating, obesity, SAHM, stay-at-home mom, WAHM, working mom
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The flu season is here and if it isn’t bad enough dealing with the threat of the seasonal flu, the H1N1 flu (aka swine flu) is also ready to add its virulence to autumn-winter sniffles. Mexico is already possibly seeing the second wave of H1N1 flu and it is only a matter of time till [...]
Tags: flu, flu prevention, flu vaccine, H1N1 flu, season flu, susceptibility, vaccination
Posted in: Current Events, Health
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With families so busy these days it’s sometimes hard to make time for your health by exercising. How can you justify an hour at the gym away from your family when you haven’t seen them all day and dinner’s still up in the air? With parents working harder than ever, homework piling up [...]
Tags: dinner, exercise, family bonding, family fun, Nutrition, sleep, stress
Posted in: Health
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In many parts of the world, including the US, September marks the month when kids start or go back to school. It is most appropriate that a lot of health observances in the month of September have something to do with children and family health. Below is a list I have compiled for Babies Online [...]
Tags: awareness, health events, September
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Let’s face it, some children are tough to feed. Most parents know that their children are notoriously picky eaters. Some of us parents, not wanting to fight a losing battle will just give them what they want, just so they will eat something. Well, according to some cancer experts, if processed meats falls into that [...]
Tags: bowel cancer, childhood obesity, children’s diets, diet and cancer risks - children, processed meats, World Cancer Research Fund
Posted in: Health, News
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