Fighting Childhood Obesity

Or, should I have called it, "Bob the Tomato Plant"? In my article, I mentioned that you can have fun with your children and let them name their tomato plant and help them nurture, take care and literally enjoy the fruits of their labor! Even my 15-year old daughter is excited about seeing what kind of tomato plant she grew from a seed at school! I guess you're never too old, right? So, I hope you are enjoying this FABULOUS weather and getting out there with your family for walks, bike rides and gardening. Life just can't get any better than this.


Here are the sources from my latest article in the State Journal Register's HEALTH section for May. For those of you who missed my article, I plan to publish it here in the future. Sign up for my newsletter at www.LindaCastor.com, so you can stay tuned!

Walt Larimore, M.D., Sherri Flynt, M.P.H., R.D, L.D., and Steve Halliday, Super Sized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat (Center Street, 2005).

Internet Link: http://www.parentguidenews.com/articles/january06/SuperSizedKids.php

You can find more information about improving your child's and your family's nutrition in God's Design for the Highly Healthy Child (Zondervan, January 2005).

BY THE WAY...I am still waiting on Fred and Monica's recipe for German Rye Bread. I am hoping Fred will part with his secret recipe and pass it on to us! Stay tuned!

I welcome any comments and thoughts. Thank you to my first responder who suggested I link the Red Flags for Abuse checklist to Sojourn. While they do not have an official website, I will link it to another appropriate site.

My best to you and yours,
Linda