Tag Archives: food

Childhood Obesity: Education, Exercise and Elimination of School Snacks

By Linda | February 20, 2013

More than one-third of the children I see in my practice are obese.  Granted, my practice is skewed because we deal with a number of problems in which obesity takes a major role, e.g. obstructive sleep apnea and extra-esophageal reflux disease (reflux from the stomach that comes up into the airways).  At least twice a [...]

Posted in Adventures in Advocacy, On the Job | Also tagged children, exercise, Obesity, school lunches | 6 Comments

The Purpose of Education: Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmatic……and Food?

By Linda | July 26, 2012

The purpose of education in the US has reflected our nation’s ever-changing needs. At the beginning of the 19th century, George Washington’s time, the major goal was to create good citizens.  In the early 20th century, legal theorist, John Dewey, saw schools as a place to learn how to live and to use skills and [...]

Posted in On the Job, Worthy Causes | Also tagged education | 3 Comments
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