Kids Care Guide

Many Kids are usually fond of video games and their parents buy new game for them time to time. But playing video game may be the cause of addiction for kids. According to a new research by Dr Douglas Gentile just about 1 in 10 kids, who play video games got classic signs of addiction like:

• Lying about the habit
• Failing in efforts to cut back
• Stealing money to buy new game
• Stealing a game from others
• Skipping chores and homework
• Poor homework performance
• Get poorer grades in school
• Playing games to escape problems
• Thinking about games
• More health problems
• Planning the next opportunity for game
• Trying to play less and failing
• Restlessness
• Irritability as soon as trying to reduce or stop playing
• Lying about play time

For the survey, around 1,200 kids all over the USA were considered and their ages were 8 to 18. The survey discovered 88% of US children played some video games at least occasionally, while on average kids play more than 13 hours of video games per week. The study said 8.5 percent of the kids who played got at least 6 addictive symptoms.

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Every weekday, British people are preparing nearly five million kid’s lunch boxes at home. But a Food Standards Agency’s recent survey said three out of four of those were likely to have foods that contained too high in saturated fat, sugar and salt. Survey report revealed 45% of students like to get a packed lunch than others like school meal.

Another survey considered around 1,500 parents and revealed most of the parents involve deciding the kids’ lunchbox items. However, 93% of them said they ask their kids’ opinions before choosing their diets. They said they spent more than three minutes per day to evaluate the nutritional content in their kids’ menu.

At the time of preparing healthy diet parent should provide some things like:

• One third of any kid’s daily requirements of nutrients
• Source of protein to keep kids alert
• Complex carbohydrates for slow-release energy
• Calcium for growth, healthy bones and strong teeth
• Plenty of fruits and vegetables for vitamins and minerals

If you can ensure those then your kids get proper nutrition for their health.

Many parents smoke in front of their children though they know that it is harmful for their children. It encourages to the kids to start smoking in their premature age. On the other, according to a new research exposure to environmental tobacco smoke which is commonly called ETS could get worse asthmatic symptoms in children.

The study group of University of Alabama followed more than 240 kids with asthma. The kids were receiving normal care or supervised asthma therapy. During the research period, they were provided around 20 minutes of asthma education. Apart ETS, the learning was incorporated discussion on the avoidance and prevention of asthma triggers. After that, the researchers got the youngster whose ETS exposure plunged; very few of them get hospitalized. So, everyone should always concern about ETS in order to maintain kids health.

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