June 29, 2010 As a kids' health advocate (inside and out) I’ve been covering the "HUGE" conversation pertaining to media’s responsibility and accountability in how the portrayal of being overweight in our appearance-obsessed culture is handled. (Huge: Part One, Part Two) Now it’s time to weigh in on the policy piece. (I'm not referring to RWJF's annual "F as in Fat" … [Read more...]
Dialing for Disorders: Let’s Move To Prevent Them By July 12!
Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alcee Hastings, Athlete-Models, body dissatisfaction, bullying, CDC, champions for change, childhood obesity, children, confidence, congressional hearings, Counter-marketing, Dare to compare, dieting, Eating Disorders Coalition, eating-disorders, ED, EDC, Fat camp, fat is fiscal, fat kids, Female-Athletes, fitness, game plan, girls-self-worth, gymnastics, holistic health, Huge, Jess Weiner, junk-food, Kids health, Let's Move, Make it or break it, network for healthier california, Nikky Blonsky, nutrition, obesity, obesity prevention, P.E., physical education, physical fitness, physical fitness kids, portion distortion, Rebecca Scritchfield, social stigma, teens, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Verb, weight, weight loss, wellness, Yale's Rudd Center
Using New Media to Help Kids Revive Their Cultural Heritage
Feliz Navidad! I know, I keep saying “mañana, mañana, amigos,” now that I'm back in the country. I’ll be writing only sporadically throughout the holiday season as kids need the gift of TIME and presence more than any wrappable item and I’d be blowing smoke if I didn’t walk the walk on the homefront. Be therefore advised that my … [Read more...]
Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 7th street jazz, ancient symbols, beading, beads, blues and jazz, celebrity designer jewelry, Centro Cultural Huichol, Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts, environmentally sustainable, extinction, fair trade, Galeria Tanana, healing, Holamun2, holistic health, Huichol, Huichol art, Huichol Center, Huichol shamans, humanity, indigenous culture, Institute for the Future, Jalisco, Latin American studies, media impact, Mexico, native Americans, petroglyphs, peyote, plant knowledge, pre-Columbian, remote villages, Riviera Nayarit, safeguarding indigenous cultures, Sayulita, scenario forecasting, shaman, Sierra Madre, simulations, soy milk, spiritual, Susana Eger Valadez, Susana Valadez, The Huichol Center, Tribes, turtle preservation, Uto-Aztecan language, Wixarica