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• 5 Ways Families Can Kick Couch-Time to the Curb and Get Moving

  Like adults, children need regular exercise. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids participate in at least one hour of vigorous physical activity a day during most days of the week. Without lots of daily heart-pumping fun, children are at risk of becoming overweight or even obese, which can lead to a host of other health problems. 

• Easy ways to make menu planning fun for the whole family

  How often do you hear “What’s for dinner?” or “Why are we having that again?” from your family because you have no idea what to cook?

• The Best Way to Spring Clean Your Home (According to a Pediatrician)

  As winter recedes and spring gets closer, some parents may feel overwhelmed by the upcoming season of cleaning. After all, it’s a lot of work to dust, wash and sanitize your home! Spring cleaning is an essential part of health and wellness, so just take it step-by-step. By involving children of all ages in the chores, focusing on specific germ-ridden areas of your home and making your own non-toxic cleaners, you can ensure that this year’s spring cleaning is both safe and effective.

• 5 Ways to Keep Your Kids Active in Bad Weather

  If you can’t take young children to a park or allow them to run around the neighborhood, consider coordinating with other nearby parents for playtime. Encouraging your children to have friends over can lead to indoor games of tag, hide and seek, and even more unique activities. Just make sure to take any screens away, which can diminish imaginative play. 

• Pediatric Neurosurgery

  The Neurosurgery Program at Arnold Palmer Hospital provides highly specialized care to children with neurological problems.

• Is Facebook the best place to get health advice?

  It happens about once a week. As I scroll through Facebook and peruse the latest happenings, I notice that someone (usually a mom of small children, like me) has posed a question to their Facebook friends about some type of health dilemma.

• Creative ways to sneak more fruits and vegetables into your family's meals

  Do you feel like it is a constant challenge to eat enough fruits and vegetables every day to meet nutritional needs?

• Giving Hope a Fighting Chance with the support of Runway to Hope: Evie’s story

  Just over three months before she would be blowing out three candles on her birthday cake, Evie Tanner was diagnosed with cancer. Medulloblastoma, a highly malignant brain tumor, starts in the base of the skull and tends to spread to other parts of the brain and the spinal cord.

• Get to know a member of our trauma team, nursing operations manager Jenn Thelen

  May marks the 30th anniversary of National Trauma Awareness Month. To celebrate this milestone, let’s get to know one of the team members who

• How to get kids active and without breaking the bank!

  I grew up in a neighborhood full of children around my age. All summer long we would ride our bikes around the neighborhood or to the neighborhood community pool. Pretty much everyone I knew was on a park district swim team. Exercise was a way of life, whether we realized it or not.