With the alarming rise in childhood obesity rates in the United States,
many parents are scrambling to improve their families’ eating habits.
Here are the basics to help your family eat right.
The family
that eats together, stays together. But the family that eats healthy
together, stays together longer! Check out our Top Ten Healthy
Eating Tips for Busy Families.
How can medical professionals help people who often don't want to be helped?
Most successful treatments for anorexia often begin with therapy, says
William Davis, Ph.D., vice president of research and program
development at the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia.
"But it's difficult to get people with anorexia into a therapist's office at all," he says.
If resembling a pop star or pleasing a boyfriend or girlfriend are high
on your list of reasons, undergoing cosmetic surgery may be the wrong
move.
Wendy Lewis, a New York City cosmetic surgery consultant, generally
advises teens against certain types of plastic surgery, such as breast
implants and liposuction, even though plenty of doctors are willing to
perform these operations.
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