Being More Active
For Children and Families
- Move more. Try to get between 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Several 10 to 15 minute sessions of moderate activity each day add up.
- Include regular physical activity into your daily routine. Walk as a family before or after meals.
- Limit TV, computer and video game time to a total of one to two hours per day. Encourage physical activity instead.
- Balance energy calories with activity calories. The energy you get from the foods and beverages should equal the calories you burn in activity every day. Read our handout on daily calorie needs for more information.
- Increase household activities (e.g., walking the dog, dusting, vacuuming, gardening). These activities are good ways to burn calories.
- Include an activity like hiking or bike riding when you go on vacation.
- Make playtime with your family more active by shooting hoops or walking to the park.
For Parents
- Move more. Walking is an easy way to be more active every day.
- Park the car in a spot farther away from the store or your office and walk.
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Get off the bus one stop earlier and walk the rest of the way.
- Use an exercise machine or lift weights while watching television.
- Walk to do errands.
- Be a role model for your children. Do something active every day.
Cake may be the answer to kids' egg allergy
Reuters Health
Friday, July 25, 2008
By Joene Hendry
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - To desensitize young children to their allergy to eggs, physicians from Greece say "let them eat cake."
Heat modifies certain egg allergens and, in turn, allows some children with egg allergies to be "treated" by feeding them ever increasing amounts of egg baked in a cake, Dr. George N. Konstantinou and colleagues, at the University of Athens report.They used this approach to accelerate the development of tolerance to hen's eggs among 94 boys and girls referred to the food allergy department at the university.After undergoing 6 months of desensitization, 90 percent of the children could tolerate egg baked in a cake, the researchers report in a preliminary, online posting by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology."Parents should be aware that there are novel approaches for handling egg allergy," said study co-investigator Dr. Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos.But he cautions not to try this at home. "Children with a known food allergen should be treated under the supervision of a specialized physician," Papadopoulos told Reuters Health.The investigators' treated children 12 to 48 months old. Thirty-nine had skin prick test sensitivity to hen's eggs and 55 had been diagnosed with hen's egg allergy after eating egg. Most of the children also had atopic eczema, a chronic scaly or itchy skin rash.Each child was initially given 0.1 grams of cake that contained 0.63 milligrams of total egg protein. Each subsequent dose tripled the previous amount of egg protein until the children were eating 1.5 grams of total egg protein.Over 6 months, just 7 of the children still had itching, eczema, or more severe reactions to the baked egg challenge.The investigators then gave a whole egg to the 87 children who did not react to baked eggs and only 4 reacted with itching or eczema.These findings suggest that consuming small quantities of baked egg antigen might alter the natural course of egg allergy, the investigators note. They are currently conducting a study to compare this egg allergy desensitization approach in allergic children who will receive desensitization treatment and those who with receive a "placebo."
SOURCE: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Article in Press, July 15, 2008-Reuters Health
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