{"id":250416,"date":"2010-01-30T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2010-01-30T08:00:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T13:00:55","slug":"health-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/250416","title":{"rendered":"Health headlines: Fitness supplements, ecstasy use and tongue-powered wheelchairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Other stories we\u2019ve been reading:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4739\" title=\"Multi Vitamin Madness\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/stockphotopro_12648624CTK_no_title-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Multi Vitamin Madness\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>More high school athletes are using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/14\/health\/nutrition\/14fitness.html?ref=health\">fitness supplements<\/a> with knowledge of their harmful effects. Parents don\u2019t have to be fit in order for their <a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/27\/burned-out-so-are-your-kids\/\">kids to be fit<\/a> \u2013 supporting your kids\u2019 physical activity is what motivates them to be physically fit.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduling <a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/25\/play-then-eat-shift-may-bring-gains-at-school\/?ref=health\">recess before lunch<\/a> is helping students and teacher alike. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2010\/01\/parents_choose_healthier_optio.html\">Menus with calorie listings<\/a> have parents picking healthier options for their kids but not necessarily for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Parents who feel burned out at work are more likely to have kids who feel <a href=\"o%09http:\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/27\/burned-out-so-are-your-kids\/\">burned out at school<\/a>. If parents use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthday.com\/Article.asp?AID=635353\">complementary or alternative therapies<\/a>, their children are more likely to use them too. [Read our blog post on <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/childrenshospitalblog\/~3\/insurance-coverage-for-alternative-therapies\/\">insurance coverage for alternative therapies<\/a>.] Did you know that your child is more likely to have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE60R5SM20100128\">mental disorder<\/a> if you \u2013as a parent \u2013 are bipolar?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4741\" title=\"cigarettes\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/stockphotopro_79416TXF_no_title-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"cigarettes\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>High cholesterol is putting 20 percent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/01\/21\/AR2010012102481.html\">teens at risk for heart disease<\/a>. Healthy kids are more likely to die from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE60S2Y620100129\">ecstasy<\/a> use than regular drug users. If your child <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthday.com\/Article.asp?AID=634860\">smokes cigarettes<\/a>, it\u2019s much more likely that pot is next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2010\/01\/hey_kids_and_parents_watch_out.html\">Toilet seat dermatitis<\/a> is on the rise. Vaccinating babies against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE60Q6Q420100127\">rotavirus<\/a> could save two million lives a year. [Read our blog post on this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/childrenshospitalblog\/~3\/EK1KUAgPd6w\/%5bRead%20our%20blog%20post%20on%20this%20year%E2%80%99s%20update%20immunization%20schedule.%5d\">updated immunization schedule<\/a>.] Female teachers might pass on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/health\/la-sci-math26-2010jan26,0,1152085.story\">math anxiety<\/a> to girl students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,1956645,00.html\">Teen pregnancies and abortions<\/a> are on the rise. Parents shouldn\u2019t be concerned if their <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20100125\/hl_nm\/us_children_voices\">children hear voices<\/a>. There\u2019s a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/01\/25\/hm.wheelchair.tongue\/index.html\">wheelchair<\/a> that powered by the user\u2019s tongue.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"mailto:?subject=Health%20headlines%3A%20Fitness%20supplements%2C%20ecstasy%20use%20and%20tongue-powered%20wheelchairs&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhealth-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs%2F\" title=\"email\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/email_link.png\" title=\"email\" alt=\"email\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhealth-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs%2F&amp;t=Health%20headlines%3A%20Fitness%20supplements%2C%20ecstasy%20use%20and%20tongue-powered%20wheelchairs\" title=\"Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/facebook.png\" title=\"Facebook\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Health%20headlines%3A%20Fitness%20supplements%2C%20ecstasy%20use%20and%20tongue-powered%20wheelchairs%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhealth-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs%2F\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/twitter.png\" title=\"Twitter\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhealth-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs%2F&amp;title=Health%20headlines%3A%20Fitness%20supplements%2C%20ecstasy%20use%20and%20tongue-powered%20wheelchairs&amp;bodytext=Other%20stories%20we%E2%80%99ve%20been%20reading%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AMore%20high%20school%20athletes%20are%20using%20fitness%20supplements%20with%20knowledge%20of%20their%20harmful%20effects.%20Parents%20don%E2%80%99t%20have%20to%20be%20fit%20in%20order%20for%20their%20kids%20to%20be%20fit%20%E2%80%93%20supporting%20your%20kids%E2%80%99%20physical%20activity%20is%20\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/digg.png\" title=\"Digg\" alt=\"Digg\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fhealth-headlines-fitness-supplements-ecstasy-use-and-tongue-powered-wheelchairs%2F&amp;title=Health%20headlines%3A%20Fitness%20supplements%2C%20ecstasy%20use%20and%20tongue-powered%20wheelchairs&amp;notes=Other%20stories%20we%E2%80%99ve%20been%20reading%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AMore%20high%20school%20athletes%20are%20using%20fitness%20supplements%20with%20knowledge%20of%20their%20harmful%20effects.%20Parents%20don%E2%80%99t%20have%20to%20be%20fit%20in%20order%20for%20their%20kids%20to%20be%20fit%20%E2%80%93%20supporting%20your%20kids%E2%80%99%20physical%20activity%20is%20\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/delicious.png\" title=\"del.icio.us\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/childrenshospitalblog\/~4\/EK1KUAgPd6w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other stories we\u2019ve been reading: More high school athletes are using fitness supplements with knowledge of their harmful effects. Parents don\u2019t have to be fit in order for their kids to be fit \u2013 supporting your kids\u2019 physical activity is what motivates them to be physically fit. Scheduling recess before lunch is helping students and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}