Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Body Image
Tips to Help Your Child Have a Healthy Relationship with Food and Body Image
Girls as young as elementary school age are showing signs of disordered eating and a negative self-image when it comes to their bodies. Children as young as three pick up on cues from their parents about body image. When it comes to raising a child to have a healthy relationship with food and their own body, parents need to model positive behaviors.
State Fair of Texas Has New Attractions for 2017
State Fair of Texas, September 29 through October 22, 2017
Celebrating 131 years, the State Fair of Texas returns September 29 through October 22, 2017 themed “Celebrating Texans” with another season of festivities, family fun, and unusual food offerings.
Family Mealtime is Important
How to Get Your Family Back to the Dinner Table for Family Mealtime
It may seem simple, but eating together as a family has been proven to be very beneficial. Studies have found the frequency of family meals to be associated with greater intakes of fruits and vegetables, milk, less fried foods and soft drinks, and higher intakes of several nutrients, including calcium, iron, vitamins, fiber, and less saturated and trans fat intakes.
In addition to the nutritional advantages, family mealtime has been shown to provide opportunities for children to learn vocabulary-building words that help them read well and have been associated with improved school performance. Family mealtime provides an opportunity for families to come together as a group and develop a sense of belonging. Some research even suggests families that eat together have children who experience fewer behavioral problems and reduce the risk that a teen will smoke, drink, or use illegal drugs.
Congressional App Challenge for Students
Students, Love to Code? Enter the Congressional App Challenge
The third annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC) has launched and will run through November 1, 2017. The CAC is a congressional initiative to encourage student engagement in coding and computer science through local app challenges hosted by the Members of Congress. This year, there are over 165 Members of Congress signed up to participate!
