The 19th of September is celebrated as ‘Dietitians day’. A dietitian refers to a professional who has the university qualifications and skills that enables them to provide dietary advice to manage health conditions such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, food allergies, intolerances and gastrointestinal conditions. They are the ‘go to’ health professionals for any nutrition related support or advice be it improving the nutritional status of an … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2017
Conversational Flow and Discourse
A person’s discourse and the way their conversation flows can sometimes be overlooked when assessing for communication difficulties. This may be because the child’s verbal language understanding, grammar and vocabulary may be quite strong, which can mask difficulties with discourse. Signs of difficulties with discourse include: Jumbled up or illogical flow of conversation. Missing references to key characters within a story. Mixing up … [Read more...]
Nutrition for athletic performance and exercise
Good nutrition is essential for optimizing an athlete’s performance or to get the most out of an exercise routine. Although an athlete's diet is not very different from a normal healthy diet, the amount of protein, carbohydrates or fat that needs to be consumed is dependent on the type of sport or exercise routine, the amount of training you do and the amount of time you spend doing the activity or the exercise. Prior to exercise, the goal is … [Read more...]
No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems
Many parents struggle to find the right way to discipline children that have challenging or negative behaviours. These behaviours can range from simply refusing to complete a task to hour-long screaming tantrums with the child screaming, kicking and hitting. Some parents turn to punishment in order to provide discipline; however, most parents still report that the challenging behaviours continue to happen. Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Diet – Good or Bad?
Definition - what is a vegetarian diet? A semi vegetarian person who eats poultry and /or fish, dairy foods and eggs but no red meat. A lacto vegetarian person consumes dairy products but no meat, poultry or fish. A pescetarian person includes fish and other seafood but no meat or poultry. Advantages of a vegetarian diet Lower risk of chronic disease: High intakes of meat particularly red meat are associated with high … [Read more...]
Mama or Dada? Research looks at what words are easiest for kids to learn
The most common first word a child says is Mama or Dada, however recent research at Florida State University looks into how children use on these early words to build a broad and diverse vocabulary. Children leverage their early world knowledge to help them unlock their language skills, said FSU Assistant Professor of Psychology Arielle Borovsky. Knowing a few related words helps children recognize links between new word meanings, and this could … [Read more...]
Every day places you may not have realised harbour bacteria
We all know that there are bacteria and germs on all surfaces. And the one way we can prevent getting sick or spreading ‘germs’ is hand washing. But how many of us wash our hands throughout the day? Typically following the use of the bathroom, before eating or when our hands are visibly soiled. But New York Magazine's Science of Us list of top 5 most bacteria infested everyday surfaces may have you reevaluating how often you may wash your … [Read more...]
