Health headlines: Unhealthy cholesterol, parents grade schools and the First Lady’s war on childhood obesity

by Childrens Hospital Boston staff on January 23, 2010

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We discovered this week that Thrive is listed as one of the top 50 early childhood health blogs! school gradeThe FDA voices some concern over BPA risk. Using the term “concussion” versus “brain injury” garners different responses from parents.

Parents feel traumatic stress after their child’s been injured. Twenty percent of teens have unhealthy cholesterol. Researchers are asking why U.S. birth rates are falling.

Parents get to grade public schools. Children raised by same-sex couples do just as well as those raised by parents of both sexes. First Lady, Michelle Obama is launching a major initiative to fight childhood obesity.

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