Dear Supporter, In 1997, with strong bipartisan support in Congress, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was created. CHIP gives states financial support to expand publicly funded health coverage to uninsured children who are not eligible for Medicaid. In Florida, you might recognize our CHIP program, together with Medicaid for children, as Florida KidCare. […]
July 30, 2014
Potential Link Between Childhood Obesity and Puberty Age
Medical News Today There is a new link found by researchers at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry between childhood obesity and the lowering of the age of puberty. Researchers focused on protein SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin). The levels of SHBG are high during ones childhood and decline before puberty, allowing it […]
July 28, 2014
The Importance of Understanding Childhood Obesity
By: Cari Nierenberg, Huffington Post Contributing writer Obesity is an issue that is difficult to address, especially for parents and their children. A new study is being done showing that 1 in 3 parents whose children were referred to an obesity clinic did not think their child was overweight. Dr. Kyung Rhee, an assistant professor […]
July 25, 2014
Study Shows Effects of Spanking on Child’s Brain
By Sarah Kovac, Special to CNN Discipline: training to act in accordance with the rules. The same definition for everyone, but the interpretation is different for each parent. How to discipline is a question often discussed with no definite answer; however, multiple studies have shown that spanking is not a wise choice. Results of various studies […]
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