by Changing Habits | Mar 10, 2010 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health |
The government influences what food’s are put in school tuckshops with little thought about the effects that these choices have on our children. Natural, home made foods are no where to be seen, only additives, preservatives and flavourings!...
by Changing Habits | Feb 20, 2010 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health |
Interesting about the advertising and marketing of breakfast cereals to children. Cyndi O’Meara Cereal companies worldwide speak to children early through everything from TV advertising and product placement on their favourite foods and clothing to the...
by Changing Habits | Feb 10, 2010 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
Whooping cough vaccine may need to change, say researchers. THE bacteria that causes whooping cough in Australia has mutated, scientists have warned, eroding the protection provided by the vaccine now given to children. Researchers from the University of New South...
by Changing Habits | Dec 14, 2009 | Children's Health |
Schools are teaching children to grow and cook healthy food in hopes of stopping the spread of Australia’s obesity plague. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon on Wednesday opened a kitchen garden at Bondi Public School in Sydney’s east, as part of the...
by Changing Habits | Dec 9, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
In July of 2008, the Royal Australian College of Physician (RACP) sent out a report for public comment about the treatment of ADD and ADHD. This report said that the drugs Ritalin and Dexamphetamine were the first treatment of choice for ADD and ADHD and that...
by Changing Habits | Dec 1, 2009 | Children's Health |
BABY bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol A should be banned because there is “compelling” evidence linking it to breast cancer risk, British campaigners, scientists and health charities said. The chemical, known as BPA, is widely used in plastics and...
