Episode 35: Obesity Prevention in Schools, 5-2-1-0, Internet and Social Media Safety, Car Seat Safety and Medical Trivia

31/08/2013 21 min
Episode 35: Obesity Prevention in Schools, 5-2-1-0, Internet and Social Media Safety, Car Seat Safety and Medical Trivia

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Episode Synopsis

Dr. Avika Dixit and Dr. Julie Stark join us for this month's podcast. We start with health news about school-based interventions for childhood obesity. We continue our discussion on childhood obesity in the main segment talking about 5- 2-1-0: a simple tool for prevention of childhood obesity. Our parenting tip this month is about ensuring safety of teens on the internet and social media websites. In our second main segment we discuss car seat safety. Finally, we have this month's medical trivia question and the answer to last month's question." Topic -- Time at which Segment Begins Health News - Obesity Prevention in Schools -- 1:35 5-2-1-0 Healthy Living Tool -- 5:32 Parenting Tips - Internet and Social Media Safety -- 11:08 Car Seat Safety -- 14:43 Medical Trivia -- 19:40 For more information about topics discussed in this program follow these links: Maine Department of Public Health Childhood Obesity Prevention Program Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston AAP's HealthyChildren.org   CDC's Motor Vehicle Safety Section Listen Now: Kids Healthcast Episode 35  

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