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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'adolescents'
Tune into The Healthy Kids Act
January 13th, 2010 by Teen Contributor · No Comments · Parent Talk, Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: adolescents·commercials·obesity·Teen Health·television·tv
Reflection for the New Year: ‘A Girl’s Life’ (PBS)
December 27th, 2009 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Talk
Just shy of New Year’s eve, various PBS stations around the nation will air the one-hour premier, “A Girl’s Life.” (See local listings for December 30, 8 p.m.) Produced by Powderhouse Productions with author Rachel Simmons, it is meant to be a companion piece to the “Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of American Boys” [...]