Tag: Kid’s Health
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Your kid may be just as healthy as he was last week, but now have hypertension. The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its blood pressure guidelines for children on Monday, lowering what constitutes abnormally high blood pressure, or hypertension, in kids and teens. Stricter standards mean more children will likely be diagnosed with hypertension because…
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Summer and screens: unfortunately these days, they go together almost as much as summer and sunshine. That’s a shame because computers, phones and TV screens stop kids from being active. By age 5, less than a third of Canadian children are getting the recommended amount of exercise to set themselves up for a lifetime of…