To help combat childhood obesity MARTIN’S is arming parents and kids with the tools they need to live a healthier life in their new initiative Passport to Nutrition, a Kids Healthy Ideas Program. Valerie Waters, RDN will be teaching a four-week summer program for children ages 6-10 years old and their parents to arm them […]
By Jennifer Griffin My twelve year old daughter, Gwyneth, was taken from our family two summers ago after collapsing during an outdoor class activity at her middle school in Stafford County, Virginia. She was the victim of cardiac arrest. Gwyneth suffered a devastating brain injury that day and remained in the hospital for six weeks […]
Bon Secours has combined food truck with classroom in the new Class-A-Roll. Class-A-Roll, a 20-ft-long, 13-ft-tall trailer, is actually a fully equipped kitchen built specifically to be able to provide hands on demonstrations and cooking classes. “For years, Bon Secours has been dedicated to improving the health and economic vitality of Richmond’s Church Hill and […]
Whether you have celiac disease, gluten intolerance/sensitivity or have chosen to go gluten-free for other reasons, GIANT Food Stores and MARTIN’S Food Markets offers several ways to make gluten-free shopping and meal planning easier. MARTIN’S features blue and green labels on the shelf immediately below a gluten-free product to help customers easily identify gluten-free items […]
Carytown is hosting Wellness Week May 11 – 17th, 2014 with free lecture series from Carytown Merchants. Lunch & Learn FREE lecture series at YOGA SOURCE (3122 West Cary Street) Monday – Friday noon – 1:00 Light fare provided by Carytown Restaurants Lecture Topics Monday: Migraine Buster Class (small bites from Nacho Mama’s) Tuesday: Feng […]
50% of postpartum women experience this problem and more than 60% of them don’t get help. Urinary stress incontinence can occur when sneezing, coughing or exercising and embarrassment usually prevents women from getting help. Cora T.Huitt, P.T.,D.P.T., B.C.B.-P.M.D. and Women’s Health Physical Therapy have a new treatment option to help a problem hidden behind decades of […]
Plum Organics issued a voluntary recall November 8th on certain packages of stage 2 Tots Mish Mash and Kids food. According to the website: We are taking this action because we recently determined that potential spoilage associated with a manufacturing defect may cause some pouches to swell. Parents should not feed any of these products […]
Many of you may remember this story that made headlines just last fall: a woman who was 39 weeks pregnant completed the Chicago marathon and gave birth to a healthy baby girl just a few hours later. That story made many of us, especially those who weren’t pregnant at the time, reconsider our own exercise […]
Are you aware? Every school day, 46 children will be diagnosed with cancer. Kids get cancer too. In fact, it’s the #1 cause of death by disease in children. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Given the statistics, you would think that there would be more attention paid to the subject. After all, every […]
