Coaching kids and teens in fitness is a rewarding journey that goes beyond just teaching exercises. It’s about nurturing a love for movement, building confidence, and promoting lifelong habits. As a coach, your role is pivotal in guiding them safely through their physical development while keeping the experience enjoyable and engaging.…
Category: Kids’ Health
Inspiring Fitness In Kids From An Early Age
In a world where screens are a child’s favorite way to pass the time, it is absolutely essential to instill the love of fitness right from an early age. Introducing physical activities and games from childhood lays the foundation for them to be committed to fitness in later years too.…
Digital Playground: Balancing Kids’ Screen and Active Time
In today’s digital age, children are exposed to screens more than ever before. Whether it’s smartphones, tablets, computers, or televisions, screens have become an integral part of their lives. While technology offers many benefits, excessive screen time can negatively impact children’s physical and mental health.…
The Complete Guide to Your Child’s Dental Care
Do you know that mouth monsters damage your child’s dental health if you are not helping them with routine cleaning, flossing, and follow-ups? Not sure about when you should take them to dentists?
Dental Health In Children
Dental hygiene is the most commonly neglected part of the overall health of any age group.…
Mentally Healthy Kids Transform Into Mentally Healthy Adults
When we talk about kids’ health and well being, the focus is mostly upon physical health and growth. But, we miss discussing a very crucial aspect which is mental health. There is a widespread belief that young children do not experience mental health issues, but that is totally a myth.…
Dealing with childhood obesity
What is childhood obesity?
When a child has more weight for his or her age and height, it is called overweight or obese. This happens due to the abnormal excessive accumulation of fat inside the body. Boys with a body fat percentage of 25 or more and girls with a body fat percentage of 30 or more are classified as obese.…
Oral Health – A Precursor Of Overall Health
Being a Pediatric Dentist myself, it is quite a happy day to get to write a blog for kids on this double whammy – Children’s day & National Pedodontists’ day & it goes without saying that I would like to address nutrition, food habits & teeth in children.…
Kids And Junk Food
“Finish your homework, and I’ll give you a chocolate.” “Score 90% and above. We’ll go out for pizza.” “Eat those fruits right now.” “Drink that milk, and we’ll go to the park.”
Do these sound familiar?! You may have experienced this as a child or now as a parent while dealing with your kids.…
Kids Too Picky? Overcome Your Child’s Fussy Eating Habits
Of all the myriad child-rearing issues that we as parents face, getting the required quantities of good grub down the necks of our offspring can sometimes seem disproportionately challenging. While feeding kids does come down to a fairly basic equation of good food + hungry child = healthy child, it’s rarely that simple in reality.…