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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
U.S. kids getting kidney stones, how to stop candy overload and kid violence growing on YouTube
It's health round-up Wednesday -- stories from the week I thought you'd be interested in!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I found a bunch of good health stories this week that I wanted to share with you.
A rise in kidney stones in U.S. children
The New York Times is reporting a large increase in kidney stones being found in U.S. children. The trend is believed to be caused by too much salt and not enough water in kids’ diets.
The story reports: ” ‘What we’ve really seen is an increase in the salt load in children’s diet,’ said Dr. Bruce L. Slaughenhoupt, co-director of pediatric urology and of the pediatric kidney stone clinic at the University of Wisconsin. He and other experts mentioned not just salty chips and French fries, but also processed foods like sandwich meats; canned soups; packaged meals; and even sports drinks like Gatorade, which are so popular among schoolchildren they are now sold in child-friendly juice boxes.”
“Children also tend not to drink enough water. ‘They don’t want to go to the bathroom at school; they don’t have time, so they drink less,’ said Dr. Alicia Neu, medical director of pediatric nephrology and the pediatric stone clinic at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Instead, they are likely to drink only once they’re thirsty — but that may be too little, too late, especially for children who play sports or are just active.”
10 tips to help kids not overload on candy!
The second story is about Halloween and how to help keep your kids from overloading on candy. How much candy do you let them eat on Halloween night? How do you get them to bed on their sugar high? How much do they get each day thereafter? Do you hide the bag or keep it out where they can help themselves? How much of it do you steal?
Videos of kids fighting a growing problem on YouTube
Under the category of worrisome news for parents, apparently there are more and more videos of kids fighting showing up on YouTube. The company is trying to figure out how to combat the violent videos being on the site. Generally, the community monitors itself but the company is wondering if they need to do more. I’m wondering what we need to be doing to stop the kids from beating each other up in the first place.
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