If your summertime routine includes sending the kids to daycare or camp, your family may have dealt with head lice. If not, it’s just a matter of time before a note comes home warning you of an outbreak of the little beasties. When it happens, you’ll probably forget to write me
Thanks to the produce marketing company Imagination Farms, you can now find Disney licensed characters on fruit and vegetables in supermarkets around the country. You read that right, they’re actually going healthy with over 250 “Disney Garden” foods including potatoes, spinach, broccoli, organic apples, and dozens more. According to a recent Washington Post report, Disney [...]
Attention all parents in the greater Naperville, IL area! If you have a toy that you would like tested for lead you’ll be happy to know that From My Room located at 1283 S Naper Blvd in Naperville, IL (google map link) is having a lead testing party on Sunday, March 8th. Not only will [...]
There’s a lot of debate about serving healthier snacks in schools, but we rarely see anyone doing anything about it. Kids want food, parents want healthy kids, and schools need the revenue that vending sales provide. Designer Irina Ivanova of may have found the perfect compromise with her innovative VitaMeal vending machine design.
If your kids are having a hard time remembering to wash their hands before eating, perhaps they just need a visit from the GIANTmicrobes! Choose from any of the 50 GIANTmicrobes plush dolls (from the common cold to salmonella) to help teach your kids a variety of important health lessons. To ensure that the lessons [...]
In case you missed Friday’s announcement, the FDA reversed their previous stance on fish consumption by pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children. Once thought to be a risky food due to mercury levels, the FDA now reports that the health benefits of eating more than 12 ounces of fish a week outweighs the potential [...]
