Tackling obesity and ensuring better health for our children

I have been talking about our children’s nutrition and especially about added sugars in growing up milk for several months. Some moms asked me if I have worried excessively and getting paranoid. I disagree. It is important for us parents to be aware of the hidden dangers in our children’s foods because nowadays there are [...]

Public Education through videos

We are getting so many conflicting information sometimes. This is especially so when it comes to matters pertaining to our health. We just do not know who to believe sometimes because there are so many schools of thoughts over the same matter sometimes. So, I am glad that we have better information nowadays via television, [...]

Excessive Sugars Intake is the problem

A while ago, I got sick. I don’t often get sick so when I do, I am really sick. I drove to the hospital with a severe headache and bodyache. What I thought was a simple flu bug, turns into a trip to the emergency room. They found my blood pressure exceptionally high. They tested [...]

Excessive Sugar Intake is the real cause

There was so much hoo-haa a couple of months back when we finally realise that our Malaysian schoolchildren are mostly obese. It is like we suddenly open our eyes and see ‘OMG, fat kids, unhealthy kids, what to do, what to do!’. Sad fact is, the children are mostly overweight and many are obese. There [...]

ROAD TRIPS MINUS THE TEARS

I have often heard new parents lamenting how parenthood has robbed off the joys of travelling. They will give reasons why they no longer go for holidays because it is too much hassles and their kids stressed them out. Well, if you have a sedan car, it does get a bit packed and everyone gets [...]

Exora VIP Test Drive

I am invited to Proton Exora session with the media, bloggers and several couples who are interested in test driving the MPV. The session begins with a talk by Dr Alvin Ng who shared about Child Development. He is the Clinical Psychologist from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). I am surprised to see a child psychologist [...]

A ‘Tiger Mom’ I am not

Are you aware that there is a debate going on over at Friso Tiger Mother FB discussion tab at http://www.facebook.com/FrisoGrowingUpTogether about Tiger Moms? Several Malaysian bloggers have got themselves worked up about this. Apparently, mothers have opinions of their own and they do not agree on one method of parenting. You should see what these [...]

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