Welcome to a new category of my blog simply called ‘Healthy Tips.’ Many times, when I write articles for various publications, I need to find sources for the story. Recently, I wrote an article for Yahoo Shine (click here) and PBS (click here) about keeping kids healthy. I was looking for experts and parents to chime in and give their favorite ‘tips’ to help kids (and their families) lead a healthy lifestyle.

The feedback for the story was amazing. The sources had some fantastic points of view that could not be ignored, and I thought their opinions should be viewed on the Your Health Journal web site.

So, enjoy my new series, with some ‘great’ insight from some ‘great’ people giving exceptional and educational points of view.

“The We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition) program from the National Institutes of Health suggests that kids make fruits and veggies their top snack choices and keep screen time under 2 hours a day.”

– Melinda Kelley, Ph.D., Division for the Application of Research Discoveries, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH