By Remy Marin In a world of smart phones, computer, televisions and other electronic toys, as a teen, I consider myself to be a moderate media user, although, full disclosure: I text often enough that I can type and send without looking (it’s true, I did it yesterday!), and I manage to make time in [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2010
Screen Time Soars: One Teen Responds to Kaiser’s Generation M2 Survey
January 25th, 2010 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: cell phone·computers·electronics·internet·media·Tech Talk·Teen Talk·tv
Tune into The Healthy Kids Act
January 13th, 2010 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Parent Talk, Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
By Remy Marin It’s time for a commercial break – to look at commercials and their effect on our health. With students typically watching three or more hours of television on an average school day, this is a huge amount of time for kids to be influenced by what they are viewing. These commercials certainly [...]
Tags: adolescents·commercials·obesity·Teen Health·television·tv
A Little Exercise Goes a Long Way
January 5th, 2010 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Parent Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
If you think there’s no point in exercising if you don’t have a decent chunk of time to devote to it, think again. While government guidelines say that, for children and teens, it’s best to get an hour or more of moderate or vigorous physical activity every day, there are also plenty of studies that [...]