Leg Artery Emergencies: Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a condition that can occur over time when your leg arteries are damaged. Learn when to get emergency care, and how CLI is diagnosed and treated.
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a condition that can occur over time when your leg arteries are damaged. Learn when to get emergency care, and how CLI is diagnosed and treated.
Cooking and eating together is the best way to teach kids healthy eating habits. Make mealtime a family time. Let your child help prepare meals. Eat sitting together at the table. And turn off the TV so you can talk as a family.
Now you have healthy food choices in your house. How do you get your family to eat them? Learn how to get your whole family to eat healthy foods together.
What can you do if you're not near a grocery store or farmer's market? You can find healthy choices in a corner market or convenience store. Even fast-food restaurants offer some good choices for the whole family.
Shopping for nutritious food is the first step in practicing healthy eating habits. Your child can help pick healthy foods with you. Read this to learn more about what to look for while you shop.
Try to serve your child foods from all the food groups every day. Give your child many kinds of healthy foods from each group to help learn to like new tastes. And set some limits on food and drinks that have a lot of sugar.
Learning healthy habits today can help your child grow up strong and fit. As a parent, you can teach your child to make better food choices. There are also things you can let your child do on his or her own.
Your teen has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness. There are things you can do to help you and your teen cope.
Teens on average need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep at night. But most don't get the amount of sleep they need. School, friends, homework, activities, television, and the computer may all have a higher priority for a teen than sleep. Sleep deprivation can have serious consequences for a teen's health and well-being.
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