Dr. Timothy Scott
See book keywords and concepts |  I am unfamiliar with anyone prescribing Prozac to preschoolers; how-er, the studies which have measured use by preschoolers have found that this is the group among whom we have seen the greatest increase in antidepressant use. The rate is still a small fraction of the rate for children over 5, with only 3.7 preschoolers per thousand on antidepressants.53 But calculate that by the number of preschoolers in America, and we can assume that there are over 70,000 children under 5 who are having their developing brains harmed. (See Box #10-2, What Upsets Me. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Now they're targeting preschoolers, and the trend is clear: Children will soon be "born psychotic" if psychiatry has anything to do with it.
Years ago, the giant soda companies handed out baby bottles emblazed with the logos of their flagship soft drink products. The idea was to get mothers to feed their infants soda instead of infant formula, thereby altering the taste of the infant for life, creating a lifelong consumer of soft drinks. When I first uncovered this disturbing report, I thought it was perhaps the most evil thing a corporation could do to the health of infants. | | This is an exploratory, pilot study, seeking to determine whether Quetiapine is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of preschoolers with pediatric bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder in this age group.
Ages Eligible for Study:4 Years - 6 Years, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Subject must be able to participate in mandatory blood draws. |
Dr. Timothy Scott
See book keywords and concepts | | I am unfamiliar with anyone prescribing Prozac to preschoolers; how-er, the studies which have measured use by preschoolers have found that this is the group among whom we have seen the greatest increase in antidepressant use. The rate is still a small fraction of the rate for children over 5, with only 3.7 preschoolers per thousand on antidepressants.53 But calculate that by the number of preschoolers in America, and we can assume that there are over 70,000 children under 5 who are having their developing brains harmed. (See Box #10-2, What Upsets Me. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
See book keywords and concepts |  Coyle of the Harvard Medical School says "the way mental health services are provided to children" is one cause of the increasing numbers of prescriptions for psychotropic medications being given to preschoolers. "Many state Medicaid programs now provide quite limited reimbursement for the evaluation of behavioral disorders in children and preclude more than one type of clinical evaluator per day. Thus, the multidisciplinary clinics of the past that brought together pediatric, psychiatric, behavior and family dynamic expertise for difficult cases have largely ceased to exist. |
Shannon Brownlee
See book keywords and concepts |  During the 1990s, stimulant prescriptions tripled among preschoolers, some of them as young as six months old.
What lies behind this astronomical increase in the number of diseases we now must worry about? Sometimes, it's a drug company. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, for instance, made its way into the psychiatric manual in 1999 largely as the result of behind-the-scenes efforts by Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Serafem, a repackaged version of Prozac that the company wanted to market for premenstrual symptoms. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts |  A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of iron administration among preschoolers aged 3-4 years old (n=49) showed that 15 mg of iron supplementation in iron-deficient anemic subjects resulted in cognitive improvements including discrimination and information processing. Supplemented children exhibited 8% higher accuracy (p<0.05) and were significantly more efficient (mean difference = 1.09, p<0.05) than their untreated anemic counterparts, and made significantly fewer errors of commission (14% higher specificity, p<0.05). | | These effects did not extend to those preschoolers with adequate iron status (Metallinos-Katsaras et al 2004).
Iron supplementation improved hematological status and some measures of cognitive functioning in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 81 iron-deficient, nonanemic adolescent girls. Participants were randomly assigned to receive oral ferrous sulfate 650 mg twice daily or placebo for 8 weeks. Four tests of attention and memory were administered before and after the intervention. | | Metallinos-Katsaras, Valassi-Adam E, Dewey KG, et al: Effect of iron supplementation on cognition in Greek preschoolers. Eur J Clin Nutr; 58:1532-1542. 2004
Milman N, Bergholt T, Byg KE et al: Iron status and iron balance during pregnancy. A critical reappraisal of iron supplementation. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand; 78(9):749-757. 1999
Murray-Kolb LE, Beard JL: Iron treatment normalizes cognitive functioning in young women. Am J Clin Nutr ; 85:778-787. 2007
Nelson RL: Iron and colorectal cancer risk: human studies. Nutr Rev; 59(5): 140-148. |
Dr. Timothy Scott
See book keywords and concepts | | The rate is still a small fraction of the rate for children over 5, with only 3.7 preschoolers per thousand on antidepressants.53 But calculate that by the number of preschoolers in America, and we can assume that there are over 70,000 children under 5 who are having their developing brains harmed. (See Box #10-2, What Upsets Me.)
The Columbia University study is not alone in suggesting that we are doing irreparable harm to children with antidepressants. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
See book keywords and concepts |  Effects of obesity, social interactions, and physical environment on physical activity in preschoolers. Health Psychol. 9, 435^149.
144. Sallis, J. F., Alcaraz, J. E., McKenzie, T. L., Hovell, M. F?Kolody, B., and Nader, P. R. (1992). Parental behavior in relation to physical activity and fitness in 9-year-old children. Am. J. Dis. Child. 146, 1383-1388.
145. Ross, J. G, and Gilbert, G. G. (1985). The National Children and Youth Fitness Study. A summary of findings. J. Phys. Educ. Recreat. Dance 56, 45-50.
146. Taylor, W. C, Baranowski, T., and Sallis, J. F. (1994). |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts |  Rather, it seems whole grades of preschoolers will get hit with a stomach bug one week and another virus the next, leading to half-empty classrooms several times a year. Meanwhile, new viruses such as West Nile and the spread of such infections as Lyme disease pose additional challenges to the immune system that children a generation ago never had to face. "Not all infections have lessened," believes Fairweather. "There has to be something bigger at play. |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts |  Alexandra Ramdin of Seattle was the mother of two young daughters ages two and five when her family took part in a University of Washington study of Seattle area preschoolers to determine if consuming organic foods truly reduced children's pesticide exposures.36
She kept a food diary for three days to distinguish between organic and conventional foods. Children were then classified as having consumed either organic or conventional diets based on analysis of the diary data (and other factors such as residential pesticide use, which were also recorded for each home). |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
See book keywords and concepts |  The mother of two preschoolers, Lola had pain in her shoulders, arms, and hands when she was referred to us for evaluation because she had an elevated rheumatoid factor. Other health problems included fatigue, headaches, neck pain, mild anxiety, and depression.
She had no swollen joints, but she was experiencing muscle and bone tenderness and very sensitive shins. Generally, she was in good health. Lab studies revealed a rheumatoid factor of 20 (normal is 10 or less). All other other studies were normal.
Her initial MHAQ scores were 0. |
Melody Petersen
See book keywords and concepts |  We both were attending an early Sunday-morning session for physicians on how to treat attention deficit disorders in preschoolers. Five doctors spoke about how to diagnose these young children and treat them with prescription stimulants such as Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, and others. Three of the speakers, all considered top experts in their field, disclosed that they had financial relationships with one or more pharmaceutical companies. One speaker, Dr. Laurence L. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Researchers found that children with a low intrauterine growth rate (IUGR-1), when examined from infancy to age twenty-four months, lagged behind normal children in mental development. The preschoolers showed statistically lower verbal scores at thirty-six months but not at forty-eight months of age when compared to normal children. In the IUGR-1 children, performance on memory tests depended on growth after birth, with the taller babies showing better memory than the shorter ones. The taller babies had better nutrition. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  This is an exploratory, pilot study, seeking to determine whether Quetiapine is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of preschoolers with pediatric bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorder in this age group.
Ages Eligiblefor Study: 4 Years - 6 Years, Genders Eligiblefor Study: Both
Subject must be able to participate in mandatory blood draws.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States; Recruiting
In my view, this action amounts to nothing less than chemical child abuse. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Demand health freedom and settle for nothing less than the ending of this age of medical tyranny that seeks to turn us all -- you, your parents, your children and preschoolers -- into ignorant, drug-induced consumers who will never know true freedom, nor true health. Perhaps the greatest legacy that we can pass on to our children is the ending of this medical McCarthyism and the unfolding of a new golden age of health freedom. Stay active and informed, and do not let ignorance and oppression prevail. |
Dr. Timothy Scott
See book keywords and concepts | | But calculate that by the number of preschoolers in America, and we can assume that there are over 70,000 children under 5 who are having their developing brains harmed. (See Box #10-2, What Upsets Me.)
The Columbia University study is not alone in suggesting that we are doing irreparable harm to children with antidepressants. A subsequent study that came out of the laboratories of the National Institutes of Health began, "There is growing evidence that serotonin has major influences on brain development in mammals. |
Sue Palmer
See book keywords and concepts |  Their study showed that, despite a widespread perception among parents (and even health and education workers) that young children are spontaneously active, preschoolers are now as inactive as office workers. And these early bad habits clearly persist, because the couch-potato three-year-olds were just as inactive when the researchers checked up on them two years later.
It's around the age of three, when children enter pre-school, that interest in junk food usually begins in earnest. |
Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey
See book keywords and concepts |  At least the pushers of illegal drugs, don't target infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. [11
The real disease behind the diagnosis and drugging of children is not being treated at all. In fact, it has been running wild and gaining in power and audacity, encouraged by its own success. And what disease is this? Not a physical disease at all, but more deadly than any of them, a disease that predates the creation of ADHD by many thousands of years, a disease of the human soul and one that no medication stands a chance against. Greed. |
Sue Palmer
See book keywords and concepts | | Any sort of play is an opportunity for parents to model behaviour and chat about and around the game: 'peek-a-boo' or 'show me the toy' with a baby; painting, playdough-modelling or bouncing a ball with a toddler; playing with soft toys, dressing up and role-play with preschoolers; card and board games with school-age children. To return to David Attenborough's quote: for young children, 'play is a very serious business' - symbolic and creative play not only develops physical competence, it underpins their later success at school. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts | | America are not getting the daily recommended amount of fiber in their diet; fewer than 11 percent of Americans consume the USDA recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables a day; junk foods such as chips, snacks, desserts, and soft drinks now constitute 30 percent of the American daily food intake. Fruits and vegetables no longer pack the nutritional wallop they once did; their nutrient value has declined as much as 38 percent since 1950. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
See book keywords and concepts |  Researchers have found victims of zinc deficiency among preschoolers in China who were raised on diets rich in phytic acid and fiber. Though their diets were marginal in zinc, poor absorption aggravated matters considerably, leading to stunted growth, poor appetite, pica (a tendency to eat dirt) and other complaints.33
Defenders of phytates suggest that fiber, not the phytates, ought to take the rap, but research does not support this contention. |
Kelly Patricia O'Meara
See book keywords and concepts |  As a follow up to the FDA's revelations about the adverse effects associated with antidepressants, Express Scripts updated its study, reporting "the prevalence of antidepressant use in children continued to rise through the first half of 2004. The overall rate of antidepressant use in children grew from 1.47 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to 1.61 percent in first quarter 2004, a 9.4 percent increase in the prevalence of use. The growth in the rate of use was primarily driven by teenagers age 10-14 and 15-19. |
Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland
See book keywords and concepts | | For one thing, children eat more produce, relative to their size and weight, than adults do. preschoolers, for instance, consume six times as much fruit, which means that children are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. In estimating exposure to eight carcinogenic pesticides, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that preschoolers received four times greater exposure, on average, than adults did. But since the EPA rarely takes children's eating patterns into account when it sets tolerances, it may underestimate children's exposure to pesticides in food. |
Michael Castleman
See book keywords and concepts |  If you have two preschoolers, multiply your points by 1.5. If you have three preschoolers, double your points.)
Full-time day care 1 point With you all day 5 points
Part-time day care 3 points depression and anxiety. In fact, if you look at all of the research to date, you'd be hard-pressed to think of even one aspect of your health that exercise doesn't benefit.
Clearing the Hurdles
By now nearly all of us know that we should exercise—but obstacles often get in the way. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts |  A study of 229 preschoolers showed that even very young children recognize and remember brand logos.
In a study of children ages nine through eleven, 94 percent knew that Tony the Tiger sells cereal and 81 percent knew that frogs sell beer. Slogans were also well recognized; 80 percent knew the "What's up Doc?" Bugs Bunny slogan, 73 percent recognized the "Bud-weis-er" frogs' slogan, and 57 percent the Tony the Tiger "They're Grrrreat"
Figure 5.1 Banned slogan.30 Thirty percent of three-year-olds and 91.3 percent of six-year-olds were able to match Joe Camel to a cigarette. | | Students are rewarded for meeting reading goals with free pizza, and now the program includes both elementary students and preschoolers. In a Detroit Elementary School, McDonald's constructed a Mini McDonald's where students could earn meals through reading, quizzes, and good school attendance. A mural of McDonald's characters was placed on the cafeteria wall.31
Dunkin' Donuts has a program called "Grade A Donuts: Honoring Homework Stars. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  I hate to break the news to you: unless you are an Olympic athlete or, possibly, the mother of three preschoolers, you are probably only moderately active at best. Most adults—and, sadly, most young people, too—are sedentary, if truth be told.
Using this formula, our five-foot, six-inch woman, whose ideal weight is 130 pounds, would need approximately 1690 calories per day to maintain that weight level. If she weighs more than 130, she is no doubt consuming more than 1690 calories per day to stay that way. |
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