This week’s must-reads:
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A black widow spider bite really hurts! learn more About iconic arachnids.
4,000 steps to health. New study reveals sweet spot for steps.
Why some people with dementia make art. Creativity could be even better when your brain is failing.
The Science of Growing Healthy Diets
I grew up in a home of disordered eating, food fights, and unhealthy eating. I want to do more for my child.
So I turned to science. Researchers have spent a lot of time observing children’s eating habits and learning how adult behavior affects them, for better or for worse. It turns out that many of the well-meaning efforts we make as parents to encourage healthy eating can backfire.
After years of talking to various researchers and writing down what I learned, I acted on it. I packed my home with healthy food and let my kids decide what they wanted to eat. We didn’t fight when she didn’t wash her dishes, and she didn’t get rewarded for eating vegetables (a common food mistake her parents make). If she was reluctant to try something, she would try to model her good habits by tasting or eating eagerly. And there was nothing much about dessert. Sometimes it was fruit. Sometimes I went to buy ice cream.
My child has grown up. She eats a varied and healthy diet, none of the disordered eating habits I learned from her mother. I am happy that I was able to break this vicious cycle. That’s why I thought I’d write about the science of growing healthy eating this week as part of a special Children’s Health Report.
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We have some great news this week about how moving just a little bit faster can lower your cancer risk.
We are not talking about formal exercises. The study focused on people hurrying up stairs, running to catch a bus, or rushing across a shopping mall parking lot. Using activity-tracking data from more than 22,000 men and women, the researchers found that those who moved fast for at least three minutes a day performed a variety of different types of exercise compared to those who almost always took slow walks. They found that they were about 30 percent less likely to die from cancer. from place to place. And the effect was seen even when none of the other methods were exercised.
To learn more, read the full report by Your Move columnist Gretchen Reynolds.
Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?
A reader asked me this week about whether or not I should let my dog lick my face.
I have had dogs all my life and have learned a few things. Although the risk of getting sick from a friendly lick is very low, the common flu-like symptoms you sometimes experience may be due to close contact with your dog’s mouth.
For more information, read our latest Ask a Doctor column. Our columnist is Trisha S. Pasricha, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a medical lecturer at Harvard Medical School.She is ready to answer your questions! Use our doctor question form Submit your question. I may answer that in a future column.
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