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Why a Properly Fitted Backpack is Important for a Healthy Spine

In addition to providing them healthy snacks and lunches, sufficient sleep and time for relaxation and play, it is important to teach our kids how to properly wear a backpack. Carrying a heavy or uneven load can result in poor posture, and over time change the alignment of the spinal column. This can cause muscle …

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To Snack or Not to Snack: Should kids be snacking?

The NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) from the 1970’s shows that they typical American ate three meals per day. Although I was a child of the 80’s, I still remember that practice of less snacking. I remember by nana always telling me that snacking was going to ruin my supper. Interestingly the obesity …

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5 Tips for Increasing Water Intake (And why it’s important!)

Most people are looking for the next magic key to weight loss. From green coffee bean to green tea extract we are in constantly in search of the “answer”.   The search often becomes so detailed and complex that we miss the basics.   While I believe there are many basics to weight management like timing, …

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