Childhood Nutrition Taking A Closer Look At The Mixed...

Childhood Nutrition - Taking a Closer Look at the Mixed Messages We Send Our Kids By Colleen Trombley-VanHoogstraat Jun 4, 2009 Children s nutrition is a loaded subject. At no other time in our lives is building a solid foundation for health more important. Yet, at no other time in our lives are we so completely at the mercy of others making decisions for us. That means it s up to the grown-ups in a child s life to understand the importance of healthy food (and beverage) choices in order to introduce healthy habits to their children. Easier said than done! It seems as though, in the case of children s nutrition specifically, the simplicity of healthy choices becomes muddled with strange connotations of what a happy childhood should be and what our oftentimes skewed views of food are as adults. Our society is familiar with the concept of an early window of opportunity to teach children things like foreign languages or a skill, like playing a musical instrument. We ve heard that children are at peak developmental stages very early in life, and therefore we should maximize their opportunities by teaching them these advanced concepts at early ages. Whether you agree or not, have applied it with your children or not, it s a socially acceptable concept that seems to make sense to most people. It s peculiar that, as a society, we don t yet understand that the very same principles apply to the health of a child. The early developmental years are a critical time forShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesSupportive Communication Is Specific (Useful), Not Global (Nonuseful) 253 Supportive Communication Is Conjunctive, Not Disjunctive 254 Supportive Communication Is Owned, Not Disowned 255 Supportive Communication Requires Supportive Listening, Not One-Way Message Delivery 256 The Personal Management Interview 260 International Caveats 263 SKILL ANALYSIS 266 Cases Involving Building Positive Relationships 266 Find Somebody Else 266 Rejected Plans 267 CONTENTS ix SKILL PRACTICE 269 Exercises for DiagnosingRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagesattract readers. Stanley Baronett. Jr., University of Nevada Las Vegas Far too many authors of contemporary texts in informal logic – keeping an eye on the sorts of arguments found in books on formal logic – forget, or underplay, how much of our daily reasoning is concerned not with arguments leading to truth-valued conclusions but with making choices, assessing reasons, seeking advice, etc. Dowden gets the balance and the emphasis right. Norman Swartz, Simon Fraser University v Acknowledgments Read MoreExploring Corporate Strategy - Case164366 Words   |  658 Pages(or speciï ¬ cally written) to provide readers with a core of cases which, together, cover most of the main issues in the text. As such, they should provide a useful backbone to a programme of study but could sensibly be supplemented by other material. We have provided a mixture of longer and shorter cases to increase the ï ¬â€šexibility for teachers. Combined with the illustrations and the short case examples at the end of each chapter (in both versions of the book) this increases the reader’s and tutor’sRead More_x000C_Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis355457 Words   |  1422 Pagesrecording, taping, Web distribution, information storage and retrieval systems, or in any other manner—without the written permission of the publisher. Thomson Higher Education 10 Davis Drive Belmont, CA 94002-3098 USA For more information about our products, contact us at: Thomson Learning Academic Resource Center 1-800-423-0563 For permission to use material from this text or product, submit a request online at http://www.thomsonrights.com. Any additional questions about permissions can be submittedRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 Pagesmy wife (Mary), my sons and their wives (Kevin and Dawn, Robert and Sally) and their children (Ryan, Carly, Connor and Lauren). C.F.G. â€Å"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all exploring will be to arrive where we begin and to know the place for the first time.† T. S. Eliot To Ann whose love and support has brought out the best in me. And, to our girls Mary, Rachel, and Tor-Tor for the joy and pride they give me. Finally, to my muse, Neil, for the faith and inspiration he instills