Why Mess With Halloween?
For children who are either already overweight or obese, or at risk for those conditions, this holiday can be a special kind of ordeal.
A Coven of Healthy Halloween Inspirations
Halloween doesn’t need to be an orgy of high-fructose corn syrup. Here are some creative ways to keep it healthy.
Coronavirus Chronicles: The Demise of Halloween As We Know It?
This year, the spookyscape will be very different in many communities. If there must be a group activity, let it be outdoors, distanced, and masked.
Coronavirus Chronicles: The End of Halloween?
This year, it must be incredibly difficult for parents to make the decision about trick-or-treating. For some, staying home is safer than most alternatives.
Halloween Hangover
Why are so many people against Halloween candy? Because childhood obesity is an epidemic with a huge financial cost and a toll in human misery.
Bullying Wrap-Up, and Halloween Reminder
There is widespread conviction that when overweight kids underperform academically, anti-fat attitudes held by teachers definitely play a role.
Still More Halloween Strategies
Today’s message in our Halloween-themed series is mainly about the very end stage of Halloween night. What to do with the loot?
More Halloween Strategies
If you want a candy-less Halloween provide enough entertaining activities for your kids, who value your attention more than sugar.
Halloween Strategies
Halloween can be a difficult time for overweight children. We suggests ways for families to ease the stress by adopting some best practices.
How to Make Halloween Memories
Redesign the Halloween tradition to emphasize creativity and family togetherness, and candy will be the last thing on your kids’ minds.